When you stop seeing beauty, you start growing old.–Bono, Summer Rain.
I have thought and written at length about the blessings we receive as we grow older, if we are willing to embrace them– the increased wisdom gained through a life of humble self-correction, the growing appreciation for the things that matter most, the pool of [...]
Archive for the ‘Attitude’ Category
Growing in Wonder
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living, Evil and Suffering, Godly Attitude on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Active Surrender
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living, Discipline, Godly Attitude on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you can’t control your peanut butter, how can you expect to control your own life? — Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. –Dale Carnegie, American lecturer, author 1888-1955
Within me is a potent instinct for control. Control of [...]
I Hereby Resolve…
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living, Discipline, History, tagged Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze
Than it should be stifled by dryrot
I would rather be a superb meteor,
Every atom of me in magnificent glow,
Than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste [...]
Traveling Lessons
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Godly Attitude, History, Travel, tagged Pilgrim's Progress on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever had the opportunity to take a vacation, and tried vacationing at home instead of getting away? In the past, as a homebody, I have been tempted to stay put when vacationing. I love home– not just the house, but the feeling of comfort, rest, and security in my family’s home. But, over [...]
Reframing Work
Posted in A Spiritual Perspective, Attitude, Christian Living on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and…play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. …There are wealthy gentlemen in England who drive four-horse passenger-coaches twenty or thirty miles on a daily line, in the summer, because the privilege costs them considerable money; but if they were offered wages [...]
