Show me a man who cares no more for one place than another and I will show you in that same person one who loves nothing but himself. ~ Robert Southey As I stepped of the plane after a … Read More
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglect. ~ William Shakespeare To neglect one’s self is a sin and a purposeless act of destruction. No matter what others have done to you, you are worth loving. To … Read More
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. ~ Mark Twain When will you be comfortable with your life? When you can impress others with all the material things you have accumulated and how expensive they are? No, … Read More
There are many fine things that you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is yours is the present. ~ Grenville Kleiser (1868-1935) Yale Divinity School I … Read More
To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson French Philosopher (1859-1941) We plant a seed. It grows through the summer until harvest time arrives, and then we … Read More
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. ~ John Powell What is a mistake? For most of us, saying “I made a mistake” means either we did the wrong thing or we did something … Read More
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. ~ Louis L. Mann Lecturer in Comparative Ethics at Yale University Champion of Social Service and Social Justice I play the lottery regularly in the hopes … Read More
This is a guest post by Prudence Sinclair. Hello, lovely YOU! I’m sure many of us have been glued to social media this past week, trying to make sense of the devastating fires in Maui. My heart is broken for … Read More
“To mark a friend’s remains these stones arise; I never knew but one, and here he lies.” ~ Lord Byron The above quote is inscribed on a monument erected to Lord Byron’s dog, Boatswain. The epitaph describes the one … Read More
“I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it. And so it is with you.” ~ Charles Swindoll Studies show that optimists live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, … Read More