Category: General

On his desk, Dr. Bob had a plaque defining humility:"Perpetual quietness of heart.  It is to have no trouble.  It is never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me.  It is to be at rest when nobody praises me,…

Everything you need to know to succeed in life can be learned in three months of basic training:You can get along with anybody if you take a lot of showers together.No matter how bad your haircut is, it always grows back.If you are really hungry, even lousy food is delicious.Gunsdokill people, too.The fastest way to…

Often people in twelve step programs say they don't know really know how to meditate.  Sometimes this answer is returned: prayer is talking, meditation is listening.  As far as it goes, that is a fairly good answer, but does not open up the deep possiblities of true meditation.  For one thing, listening is an action…

John Blanchard stood up from the bench straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn't, the girl with the rose.His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library.…

God, I offer myself to Thee — to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt.  Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will.  Take away my difficulties that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and…

"Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness.  Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property."Lysander SpoonerThis battle [over medical marijuana] is no more about marijuana than the Boston Tea Party was about tea.Michele Kubby

To leave the old with a burst of songTo recall the right and forgive the wrong;To forget the thing that binds you fastTo the vain regrets of the year that's past;To have the strength to let go your holdOf the not worthwhile of the days grown old,To dare to go forth with a purpose true,To…