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New Beginnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daily Words,
May, 1990, p. 26"With each new day, I have an opportunity for a new beginning. Each new day is like a cleared field ready for planting. My thoughts, attitudes, and actions are the seeds I plant. I choose only the seeds that will produce a bountiful harvest of love, joy, health, prosperity, and peace."
Set High Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Anderson,
Quoted-Printable"Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking to."
On Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Butler Yeats
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
An Educated Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Rogers
"The only one who is educated is the person who has learned how to learn; the one who has learned how to adapt and change; the one who has realized that no knowledge is secure, that only the process of seeking knowledge gives a basis for security."
Trust Hunches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Joyce Brothers
"Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level."
Franciscan Humanism . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph D. Doino, O.F.M. Spirit and Life, Vol. 2, 1992, p.10
"We know how [St. Francis] showed reverence to every human being…To his brothers he exclaimed: ‘Be conscious, O man, of the wondrous state to which the Lord God has placed you, for he created you and formed you to the image of his beloved Son according to the body, and to his likeness according to the spirit’ (Admonition 5). Nowhere in the Christian tradition do we find such a radically Christological basis for revering ourselves and every other human, totally, body and spirit!" 
Pursuit of Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Og Mandino,
The Choice"Henceforth, my pursuit of happiness has ended. How blind I have been! Now I know that happiness hides not in that new house, that new career, that new friend. And it is never for sale. When I cannot find contentment in myself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Whenever I depend on things outside myself to supply me with joy I am doomed to disappointment. Happiness, I see now, has nothing to do with getting. It consists of being satisfied with what I’ve got and what I haven’t got.…So long as I have something to do, something to hope for, I shall be happy. Now I know that the only source of happiness is within me, and I will begin to share it.…
I choose a better way to live!"
To See Clearly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Carlyle
"Our great business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."
Be a Candlelighter . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"You Can Change the World," The Christophers, Jan. ‘85
"Fr. James Keller, MM reminds us that ‘a candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.’ So, too, the candle you light with constructive action could give life to yet another candle, while losing none of its own brilliance and reminding us of the uniqueness of each individual."
A Burning Passion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, TOR"It is not possible to do everything in life. One’s early adulthood is time spent exploring many options and possibilities. Next, each person needs to discover the one area for which he or she has a burning passion; then allow that fire to inflame one’s spirit, consuming one’s very being."
On Courage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annie Dillard
"You cannot test courage cautiously."
One’s Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Konrad Adenauer
"We all live under the same sky,
but we don’t have the same horizon."
Growing Strong in Broken Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paula Ripple"When we are fully awake and open to our lives, we will not experience less pain, but we will gradually cherish ourselves enough to want the deepest experiences of life that we can have."
Wisdom Seeds
"Life breaks us all sometimes, but some grow strong at broken places."
Ernest Hemingway
"An unexamined life is like an unopened letter."
The Talmud
Teamwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soundings,
June ‘88, p. 13"Teamwork is no accident. It’s not a matter of luck or chance. Bosses create teamwork–or kill it–by the way they treat people.
Employees begin to show teamwork when they feel they are a respected and valuable part of an operation. Making them feel that way is something a good boss works at."
Magic of Enthusiasm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mike Wickett, INSIGHT, # 62, p. 33
"Enthusiasm is a zest that shines through a person’s face. It has nothing to do with being loud…with being boisterous…Enthusiasm is the excitement in a person’s face. And a person can whisper and be enormously excited about life. It is literally one of the greatest qualities you could ever take into your world! What you really need to live is to have something you are excited about."
Finish Each Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."
As in Golf, So in Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, TOR,
adapted from Zig Ziglar
A father and son were playing a round of golf which quickly became very competitive. Dad was ahead by a couple of strokes, then the son pulled ahead by a few; it went back and forth.
The score was all tied up as father and son approached the 18th green. The son was first to putt, two putting. Now the father could win the match if he sank his 25-foot putt. He took his time, walking around the green, eyeing up the putt. Finally, he addressed the ball, swung his putter and watched as the ball jumped right in the cup.
The father punched his fist in the air, turned and pointed his putter toward his son saying, "I bet you were praying I would’ve missed that putt."
Taking a step toward his father, the son replied, "Dad, I always pray for you to win—always, no matter what it might be."
With that, father and son then strode toward the clubhouse, arm in arm, to celebrate.
The Dirty, Old Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
A novice went to the novice master and explained that he was disgruntled with going to Mass because he wasn’t getting anything out of it. The novice master picked up a dirty, old basket and told him to go to the well, fill it with water; then bring it back. The novice did as he was told, but by the time he returned the water had dripped out of the basket.
The novice master told him to go back to the well again—three more times, actually—and each time the novice returned with no water in the basket.
Frustrated, the novice asked what’s the point of keep going to the well since he was returning with no water.
The novice master smiled and said, "The point is not in returning with water but in going to the well. After all, the water has cleaned a dirty, old basket."
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