"INSPIRATION"
"Try to make positive steps on that unstable bridge of life that you've already broken or burnt, and if you can't make it across that old bridge, then use the knowledge you have acquired today to build a new stronger and well-developed one, so sturdy that you can still walk back across and reflect on the bridge that you once failed to cross."
Copyright © 2003 Grant Ormerod
"Surrender yourself humbly; then you can be trusted to care for all living things. Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things."
Tao Te Ching
"Every human being is born without faith. Faith only comes through the process of making decisions to change before we can be sure it's the right move."
Dr. Robert H. Schuller
"If you worry while you pray, then why are you praying?"
Author Unknown --- Submitted by Kizzy L. Marshall --- Florida
"We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses."
Carl Jung
"By the choices and acts of our lives, we create the person that we are and the faces that we wear."
Kenneth Patton
"Be patient in afflictions, for thou shalt have many, but endure, them for lo, I am with thee even unto the end of thy days."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by S.R. --- Auckland, New Zealand
This is a scripture from Doctrine and Covenants 24:8. Scriptures which are used by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints.... Background....whenever you have problems or things you think you can't bear...be patient because Heavenly Father is with you through them all!!
"Valor is a gift; those having it never know for sure if they have it till the test comes. And those having it, in one test, never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes."
Carl Sandburg
"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it."
Albert Schweitzer
"A man's greatness is measured by his kindness."
W. J. H. Boetker --- Submitted by Brian Roscher
"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."
Tao Te Ching
"Every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle."
Walt Whitman
"If you want friends, be a friend first. If you want love and kindness at home, give love and be kind first at home. You see, we reap what we sow; so we have to initiate what we seek. We should be willing to give what we wish to receive. The easiest place to start is with our self, something we have total control of."
Copyright © 2003 Conrado Barba Favorito
"The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee, or in his soul."
Rona Barrett
"If you cannot lift the load off another's back, do not walk away. Try to lighten it."
Frank Tyger
"The best way to put the Law of Giving into operation - to start the whole process of circulation - is to make a decision that any time you come into contact with anyone, you will give them something. It doesn't have to be of material things; it could be a flower, a compliment or a thoughtful blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. Make a decision to give wherever you go, to whomever you see. If you want joy, give joy to others, if you want love, learn to give love; if you want attention and appreciation, learn to give love and appreciation. The easiest way to get what you want is to help others get what they want. The more you give, the more you will receive, because you will keep the abundance of the universe circulating in your life."
Deepak Chopra --- Submitted by Bernadette Ballezza --- New York
"I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings-now-here, accept the challenge that is ours and make the most of it, and don't be envious of others. God help us to be grateful."
Ezra Taft Benson
"Give thanks for sorrow that teaches you pity; for pain that teaches you courage
and give exceeding thanks for the mystery which remains a mystery still
the veil that hides you from the infinite, which makes it possible for you to believe in what you cannot see."
Robert Nathan
"Joy is not the absence of suffering; it is the presence of God."
Author Unknown --- Submitted by M.B. --- South Carolina
"It takes courage to lead a life. Any life."
Erica Jong
"Love is a matter of life and death and a bridge between life and death."
Copyright © 2003 Simon Heighwaya
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melodie Beattie
"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?"
William A. Ward