This week's reflection
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
Barbara Bush
Reflection of the week bank
Reflection for December 06 2019
Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
Barbara Bush
Reflection for November 29 2019
Ready my heart for the miracle of your birth. Bring light to this dark world, waiting silently for your warmth in the coldness of the night.
St.Jude Advent Prayer
Reflection for November 22 2019
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
Frederick Buechner
Reflection for November 15 2019
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
James Baldwin
Reflection for November 08 2019
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Khalil Gibran
Reflection for November 01 2019
We are all a little broken. But last time I checked, broken crayons still color the same.
Trent Shelton
Reflection for October 25 2019
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Swami Vivekananda
Reflection for October 18 2019
Death ends a life not a relationship.
Mitch Albom
Reflection for October 11 2019
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Louisa May Alcott
Reflection for October 04 2019
May you be sealed in the Book of Life.
G'mar Hatima Tova
Reflection for September 27 2019
Character is a person's only real possession
Reflection for September 20 2019
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Samuel Ullman
Reflection for September 13 2019
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
John Holmes
Reflection for September 06 2019
Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.
Ezra Taft Benson
Reflection for August 30 2019
If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
Jack Kornfield
Reflection for August 23 2019
True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less
C.S Lewis
Reflection for August 16 2019
The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden you are but an acolyte.
Vera Nazarian
Reflection for August 02 2019
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
Robin Williams
Reflection for July 26 2019
Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
Og Mandino
Reflection for July 19 2019
Do not wait for ideal circumstances , nor the best opportunities; they will never come.
Janet Erskine Stuart
Reflection for July 12 2019
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
St. Jerome
Reflection for July 05 2019
Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
Orhan Pamuk
Reflection for June 28 2019
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.
Ryunosuke Satoro
Reflection for June 21 2019
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
J.R.R Tolkien
Reflection for June 14 2019
The greatest lesson you might ever learn in this life is this: It is not about you.
Shannon L. Alder
Reflection for June 07 2019
Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.
Roy T. Bennett
Reflection for May 30 2019
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
W. Clement Stone
Reflection for May 17 2019
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
Jack Layton
Reflection for May 10 2019
Be not simply good; be good for something.
Henry David Thoreau
Reflection for May 03 2019
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.
Vincent Van Gogh
Reflection for April 26 2019
The Highest of Distinctions is Service to Others.
King George the 6th
Reflection for April 19 2019
The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.
Basil Hume
Reflection for April 12 2019
Hope is not a dream, but a way of making dreams become reality.
Léon Joseph Suenens
Reflection for April 05 2019
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.
Henry Ford
Reflection for March 29 2019
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt
Reflection for March 22 2019
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman
Reflection for March 15 2019
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie
Reflection for March 08 2019
Let me love God with all that I am and all that I have.
Genesis Grain
Reflection for March 01 2019
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.
Oprah
Reflection for February 22 2019
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Swami Sivananda
Reflection for February 15 2019
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Einstein
Reflection for February 08 2019
Love and Merciful Lord, we ask today to be aware of Your Presence, to feel your touch on our forehead and be comforted, for You are always here with us. There is nowhere we can go where you are not. Amen.
Mary Jo Balistreri
Reflection for February 01 2019
We are what we believe we are.
C.S Lewis
Reflection for January 25 2019
Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.
Timm Gunn
Reflection for January 18 2019
Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world.
Lucy Montgomery
Reflection for January 11 2019
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop
Reflection for January 04 2019
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson