Words of Encouragement
“If my attitude needs adjusting, I visualize God holding me upside down and shaking all the negative stuff, fears, doubts, and insecurities, right out of me. Try it. Ask God to turn you upside down! It’s a surefire pick-me-up.” —Dolly Parton
WISDOM FROM WINNIE-THE-POOH
“A little Consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” —Eeyore
Human behavior
“See all of human behavior as one of two things: either love, or a call for love. —Marianne Williamson
LISTEN
“Listen to yourself, and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.” —Maya Angelou
Before You Leap
“When you decide what your Big Dream is, you’ll be bursting with enthusiasm and want to share it with everybody. Most everybody will give you one of those ‘OK, that’s nice, now please pass the ketchup’ looks. Some will scoff, suggesting that whatever your Big Dream is, it’s too big for you. And a select few will whisper words of encouragement. My advice is this: Pass the ketchup; ignore the scoffers; remember those words of encouragement ‘cause they’re the only ones that matter.” —Kermit the Frog
DON’T JUDGE
“To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.” —Elvis
OUR GREATEST ADDICTION
“Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.” —Rita Schiano
HOPE
“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul — and sings the tune without the words — and never stops.” —Emily Dickinson
Judge Tenderly
“Judge tenderly, if you must. There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged that you do not have to fight.” -Traci Lea Larussa
Confuscious on studying
“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”
on Making a life
“We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.” -Winston Churchill
Rejoice
“There is not one little blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.”
—John Calvin
DISCERNMENT
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God — what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Roman 12:2 (NRSV)
wHERE IS THE hOLY lAND
“The Holy Land is everywhere.” - Black Elk, medicine man of the Oglala Lakota people