Reflections Archive
Prayer for a New Year:
Thank you for this new day, its beauty and its light.
Thank you for the chance to begin again.
Free me from the limitations of yesterday...
Marianne Williamson, Illuminata
It is Christmas
every time you let God love others through you.
Yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your...
Mother Teresa
Life is a constant Advent season: we are continually waiting to become, to discover, to complete,
to fulfill. Hope, struggle, fear, expectation and...
Connections 11-28-93
A lamp glows inside your heart,
With eight ways to light it,
Eight ways to keep it shining...
Alden Solovy
“If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
—African Proverb
To leave the
world a bit
bett er, whether
by a healthy
child, a garden
patch...
Ralph Waldo
“In the depth of winter,
I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
~ Albert Camus
The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.
Czeslaw Milosz
All labour that uplifts
humanity has dignity
and importance and
should be undertaken
with painstaking
excellence.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
In seed time learn,
in harvest teach,
and in winter enjoy.
‐ William Blake
The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.
—Anthony Robbins
All I am and have is
given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be
celebrated with Joy.
— Henri Nouwen
It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.
—Ralph Ellison
ITS NOT HARD
TO MAKE
DECISIONS ONCE
YOU KNOW
WHAT YOUR
VALUES
ARE.
- ROY E. DISNEY
Nothing ever goes away until it
teaches us what we need to know.
~ Pema Chodron
Encourage each other daily,
while it is still today.
Hebrews 3:13
I went out to find a friend,
But could not find one there...
~ Unkown
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
Mark Twain
Cultivate optimism by committing yourself to a cause, a plan or a value system...
—Robert Conroy
Watch your thoughts,
they become words.
Watch your words,
they become actions.
Watch your actions,
they become habits.
Watch your habits,
they become character.
Watch your character,
they become destiny.
Traditional
Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the
very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone
feels that he or she makes a difference to the success
of the organization. When that happens people feel
centered and that gives their work meaning.
Warren G Bennis
A healthy attitude is contagious but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
—Tom Stoppard
There is nothing like returning to a place
that remains unchanged to find the ways
in which you yourself have altered.
~ Nelson Mandela
Vulnerability is
our most
accurate
measurement
of courage.
~ Brené Brown
Uncertainty is like the wind. It may extinguish a candle but it energizes a fire. You want to be the fire and wish for the wind.
~ Naseem Taleb
I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right...
- John Diefenbaker
Where differences meet, there hostility, fear, and conflict can arise or
exploration, discovery...
~ David Spangler
"Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children."
– Ancient Aboriginal Proverb
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul..."
-- Emily Dickenson
“I want to tell people approaching and perhaps fearing age that it is a time of discovery..."
~ Florida Scott-Maxwell
Today
I have
grown
taller
from
walking
with the
trees.
~ Karle Wilson Baker
When you are in doubt, be still and wait;
when doubt no longer exists for you,
then go forward with courage...
~ Ponca Chief White Eagle
When you were small and just a touch away, I covered you with blankets against the cold night air...
Dona Maddux Cooper
We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health...
~ Pearl S. Buck
Every action in our lives touches on some chord that...
~Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by...
Albert Schweitzer
Giving ~ Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle...
Buddha
The risen Christ is with us until the end of time...
Pope Benedict XIV, from ʺUrbi et Orbiʺ Easter message 2011
Holy Week Prayer:
God,
as we move through this week,
give us the gifts of concentration,...
‐ Rebecca Sharpless
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities...”
~ Dr. Dale Turner
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more..."
~ John Quincy Adams
“Praise and love to the Mothers of the World. Praise and love to the Sisters of the World...
~ Luisah Teish
“One should offer oblation to his own body and nurture it well. ”
- Rig Veda
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself...
Dr. Seuss
Call it a clan, call it a network,
call it a tribe, call it a family...
~Jane Howard
He who in
suffering and
illness prays to the
Lord is...
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
A laugh is
the shortest
distance
between
two people.
~ Victor Borge
You already
possess
everything
necessary to
become great.
~ Native American Maxim
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the...
~ Charles Caleb Colton
Take risks:
if you win,
you will be happy;
~ Proverbial wisdom
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
Cesare Pavese (1908-50)
