november 14, 2017
“Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behavior does.” ~ Unknown A few years ago Eric Weig showed me a (different) picture of these people in a pew. He kept saying he wanted one, or he … Continued
“Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behavior does.” ~ Unknown A few years ago Eric Weig showed me a (different) picture of these people in a pew. He kept saying he wanted one, or he … Continued
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson While … Continued
“Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.” ~ Thomas Aquinas You may recall my mentioning Rev. Dr. Lee Bowman who … Continued
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of … Continued
“We’re not born just to pay bills and die.” ~ Unknown I had to go to West Liberty to photograph the damage to Aunt Janet’s yard (the house is fine, thankfully). I decided to take a drive up … Continued
“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.” ~ Margaret Mead On last Saturday’s adventure I took Stacy to the Cane Ridge Meeting House since she’d never been there. Unlike … Continued
See It Through by Edgar Guest “When you’re up against a trouble, Meet it squarely, face to face; Lift your chin and set your shoulders, Plant your feet and take a brace. When it’s vain to try to dodge it, … Continued