Monday, October 05, 2015

"Joy" as a learning concept

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Holappa, detecting my surprise, reiterated that the country’s early-childhood education program indeed places a heavy emphasis on “joy,” whi...
Friday, October 02, 2015

Embrace it

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"Many times the stress we feel is because we’ve been afforded tremendous opportunity.  So embrace it..." ~ Tracey Bianchi
Thursday, September 24, 2015

"No. This is what's important."

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And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, "This is important! And this is important! And this is important! You nee...
Friday, September 04, 2015

"A person filled with joy preaches without preaching."

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"A person filled with joy preaches without preaching." ~ Mother Teresa
Monday, August 10, 2015

Jesus the Hero

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These quotes are from One Jesus, Many Christs by Gregory J. Riley. According to the Library Journal , "Riley explicates the notion of ...
Friday, April 03, 2015

"Give me hypocrites over cynics any time"

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"Give me hypocrites over cynics any time. At least they aspire to something." ~ Giles Fraser
Monday, February 02, 2015

Kenji Goto - "Judgment lies with God"

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Slain Japanese hostage's old tweet embraced by social media AP 1:34 p.m. EST February 2, 2015 TOKYO (AP) — Social media users have emb...
Wednesday, January 07, 2015

"Mario Cuomo was the keynote speaker for our better angels.”

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At Funeral for Mario Cuomo, Praise for a Leader’s Role as a Humanist By JAMES BARRON     JAN. 6, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07...

Unobstructed

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"If the eye is unobstructed, it results in sight; if the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing; if the mind is unobstructed, the r...
Tuesday, January 06, 2015

we are spiritual beings having a human experience

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“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ...
Friday, November 07, 2014

Movies: a machine that generates empathy

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Roger Ebert said movies are “like a machine that generates empathy.”
Wednesday, September 03, 2014

God can draw a straight line with a crooked stick

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"God can strike a straight stroke by a crooked stick." ~ Thomas Watson, English Puritan "God can draw a straight line wit...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2014

"Who is a hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend.”

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“Who is a hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend.”   ~ The Talmud, Avot deRabbi Natan 23
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Spirituality

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SPIRITUALITY Spirituality is "the progressive unlearning of the strange ideas about God you've been taught..." ~ Rabbi Kapl...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Confront the Major Anxiety

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 "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Peculiar traits of rich people

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Peculiar traits of rich people Morgan Housel, The Motley Fool 8 a.m. EDT April 19, 2014 http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfi...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

“My life got reduced down to the 2 most important things, and we're so fortunate, I'm so fortunate”

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SURVIVOR STORY: Mom holds baby during WA landslide http://fox44.com/news/survivor-story-mom-holds-baby-during-wa-landslide SEATTLE (CNN) ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Four things that make you stupid: sex, envy, a love of power, and wealth

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"Just as L.B.J. observed that the two things that make politicians more stupid than anything else are sex and envy, W. [Bush] said that...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Three Irrational Beliefs

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Leadership Journal http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2011/summer/irrationalbeliefs.html Three Irrational Beliefs ...   that I co...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Fear of the Cross

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"You can't be afraid to do something just because there is a cross involved." ~ Truthful Grace