Weed Today. Wheat Tomorrow.
What room is there for a God to work; if we already claim perfection long before it is due? “But by their fruits you will know them.” I am saddened by your utter repugnance at practically anything and or anybody falling short of your moral standards. Yes. There are some erring priests. But there are [...]
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When is it easier to forgive? Is it when the person who wrongs you recognizes the wrong done? Is it when the person who causes you pain actually asks for forgiveness? I believe the saddest thing that could ever happen is when the person who wrongs you fails to recognize the wrong done… and leaves [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Something to share from Daily Prayer Online — YOU ARE UNIQUE
YOU ARE UNIQUE When will we teach our children in school what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are marvel. You are unique. In all of the world there is no other child exactly like you. In the millions of years that have passed there [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Something to share from Daily Prayer Online – BE AN OWNER, NOT A BLAMER
BE AN OWNER, NOT A BLAMER Owners take full responsibility for all their actions and even their emotional responses. Blamers shift the responsibility on to others – either people or things. Owners get to know themselves because they are in contact with their own inner workings. Blamers never get to know themselves because they live [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Something to Share from Daily Prayer Online – SOUL and SURPRISE
SOUL AND SURPRISE I asked for strength, that I might achieve greatness. I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey. I asked for health, that I might do greater things. I was given infirmity, that I might do better things. I asked for riches, that I might be happy. I was given [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Something to share from Daily Prayer Online – SUCCESS
SUCCESS Success is speaking Words of praise In cheering other people’s ways, In doing just the best you can With every task and every plan. It’s silence when your Speech would hurt, Politeness when your Neighbor’s curt. It’s deafness when the Scandal flows, And sympathy with Others’ woes. It’s loyalty when duty calls. It’s courage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )SOUL AND RISK
Something to share from Daily Prayer Online – SOUL AND RISK To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out for another person is to risk involvement. To expose your feelings is to risk being your true self. To place your dreams and ideas before the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )When Silence Speaks…
‘the calm before the storm’Does silence speak? Absurd? Crazy? Not absurd. not crazy but true. I can attest to that because it is in stillness and silence that much of our core surfaces. It can be uncomfortable at first…but it also is a very enriching experience. In our conversations, the act of silence is a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )An Authentic Life
Something to share from Daily Prayer Online – on AN AUTHENTIC LIFE Fear is perhaps the greatest enemy of candor. How many men fear to follow their consciences because they would rather conform to the opinion of other men than to the truth they know in their souls? How can I be sincere if am [...]
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