Why me?

Thursday January 23, 2014 #596   “Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting a bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.”   ~Dennis Wholey   When we or people close to us encounter hardships, we often...

A Little Goodness

Tuesday January 21, 2014 #595   “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can.”   ~John Wesley   I think most of us want to...

2014: The Year Ahead

Thursday January 2, 2014 #590   “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”   ~Søren Kierkegaard   Welcome to 2014!  I am not one for New Year’s resolutions.  However, I do believe in taking time to reflect on last year’s...

Just to be Alive

Tuesday October 15, 2013 #567   I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable … but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a great thing.   ~Agatha Christie   Today is the one year anniversary of my...

We must begin with ourselves

Thursday March 28, 2013 #510   “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”   ~Rumi   It is a level of maturity and wisdom that few reach:  the understanding that to change the world, our...