The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one’s sympathy the gloom of somebody else. — Arnold Bennett As my Yoga instructor helped me twist and turn, I discovered a new muscle I didn’t know I had and badly needed stretching. As I complained about the…
Socks For The Homeless — Creative Thinking
Did you know that the number one requested item of clothing by shelters for the homeless are new socks? I didn’t, but it makes sense, who doesn’t put on their Christmas List a request for a new pair of comfortable socks. Stiff or holy( not the religious kind of holy) socks just don’t get it.…
There Is A Boy
There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. — John 6:9 We all know the story of Jesus feeding the crowd of five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish, and if you are like me I thought it was all about the miracle. But like so many…
Don’t Have Time To Relax?
The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it. — Sydney J. Harris “I’m overwhelmed at work,” or “the kids take up all my time, I don’t get a moment’s rest,” or “What I wouldn’t give for a few minutes rest.” Heard or said this before? I bet you have. Does your day…
Fulfill The Deepest Capacities Of Our Real Selves
We must make choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. — Thomas Merton Some people dread Monday. It’s time to return to work, get the kids in school, and in the words of Tennessee Ernie Ford they become “Another Day Older and Deeper In Debt.” (I bet I have a…