Reflection of the week bank
Reflection for October 12 2018
There is no beauty in receiving without giving. True compassion lies in what you can do for someone else.
Olivia Benjamin
Reflection for October 05 2018
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
James A. Michener
Reflection for September 28 2018
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
Buddha
Reflection for September 21 2018
Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.
Mattie Stepanek
Reflection for September 14 2018
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.
Steve Maraboli
Reflection for September 07 2018
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.
Halford E. Luccock
Reflection for August 31 2018
The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Reflection for August 24 2018
Discover who you truly are and fully give every aspect of your uniqueness to the world. This is your path to an extraordinary life.
James McWhinney
Reflection for August 16 2018
The four sayings that lead to wisdom: I was wrong I'm sorry I don't know I need help
Louise Penny
Reflection for August 03 2018
To thrive in life you need three things: A wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.
Reba McEntire
Reflection for July 20 2018
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.
Karim Seddiki
Reflection for July 13 2018
Every human being is worth more than the worst thing they’ve done. All life has dignity, guilty life too.
Sister Helen Prejean
Reflection for July 06 2018
The grass is greener where you water it.
Neil Barringham
Reflection for June 29 2018
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
William Blake
Reflection for June 22 2018
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflection for June 15 2018
My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad.
Beau Bridges
Reflection for June 08 2018
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Reflection for June 01 2018
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
Reflection for May 25 2018
Be kind - for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato
Reflection for May 18 2018
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
Thomas Moore
Reflection for May 11 2018
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Honore de Balzac
Reflection for April 27 2018
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne Frank
Reflection for April 20 2018
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
John Updike
Reflection for April 13 2018
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Mark Victor Hansen
Reflection for April 06 2018
Everything that is real was imagined first.
From The Velveteen Rabbit
Reflection for March 30 2018
.. in his passion and death Jesus this is: he took in hatred, held it inside himself, transformed it, and gave back love.
Rev. Ron Rolheiser, OMI. From Voices, Grandin Media, Jan. 22, 2018
Reflection for March 23 2018
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
Frederick Buechner
Reflection for March 16 2018
We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
Aga Khan IV
Reflection for March 09 2018
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Reflection for March 02 2018
May you know serenity when you are called to enter the house of suffering. May a window of light always surprise you.
John O'Donohue
Reflection for February 23 2018
Mission Awards celebrates what matters most to us as we showcase inspiring examples of employees, physicians and volunteers who give life to our core values in meaningful, transformative ways. When we live our values to the fullest, it makes a real difference to those we serve.
Bonnie Tejada - Director, Mission & Spirituality
Reflection for February 16 2018
The desert always waits, ready to let us know who we are - the place of self-discovery.
Ruth Burgess
Reflection for February 09 2018
We have known the long loneliness and we have learned the only solution is love and that love comes from community.
Dorothy Day
Reflection for February 02 2018
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
Reflection for January 26 2018
In one of the stars I shall be living / In one of them I shall be laughing / And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night.
The Little Prince / Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Reflection for January 19 2018
Stewardship is leaving a system better than you found it.
Michael Barber
Reflection for January 12 2018
The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.
Micheal Althsuler