“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” ~ Rita Dove If you don’t write poetry, you are missing a great opportunity. The other day I greeted my wife at the back door and then put away several … Read More
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 recent … Read More
“Inspiration comes from theHeart of Heaven to give the lift of wings, and the breath of divine music to those of us who are earthbound.” ~ Margaret Sangster When I speak to respiratory therapists the words inspiration and inspire relate … Read More
When the student is ready, the teacher appears. ~ Taoist Saying The Sufi poet Rumi said, “Criticism polishes my mirror.” He taught me that everyone is my teacher. If you are trying to be a better human being, then look … Read More
Great opportunities to help others seldom come,but small ones surround us daily. ~ Sally Koch We all need coaches, someone to point out our errors in technique, improve our skills, and not take credit when we do something well. A … Read More
“It’s choice—not chance—that determines your destiny.” ~ Jean Nidetch Quantum physics awakened me to the nature of life and the true relationship between quantity and quality. One normally thinks of a quality product, like a fine automobile, as being desired … Read More
If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. `~ Gospel of Saint Thomas Our … Read More
Disciple to a philosophy, disciple to a set of principles, disciple to a set of values, disciple to an overriding purpose, to a super-ordinate goal or a person who represents that goal…You are a disciple, a follower, of your own … Read More
To be seventy years young is sometimes more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes There are benefits to aging that include discounts and other privileges, but for me the greatest gift is being … 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 frequently … Read More