If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. - Albert Einstein My Gunny is addicted to his happiness. I know Gunther loves me, and I'm the most important person in his world, but when there's a tennis ball around, my conviction gets a little shaky. There is nothing that can capture G-Man's complete attention like a ... Continue Reading »
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Real Riches Cannot Be Stolen
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. - Oscar Wilde Times are hard. Jobs lost, homes lost, relationships lost. Savings, security, plans for the future. The loss of these things may be out of your control. But the loss of faith, the loss of hope, only you can ... Continue Reading »
If We Were All Perfect, There’d Be No Word for “Love.”
If we were all perfect, there'd be no need for words like, "regret," "mercy," "pardon," "forgiveness," "compassion," "rehabilitation." But most of all, there'd be no need for "Love." It is because we are none of us perfect that Love is so important. Feeling love and giving love is easy when things are going great. Even when they are going just ... Continue Reading »
To Make Peace with God, Spare Others from Having to Make Peace with You.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; We are spiritual beings having a human experience. - Pierre Tielhard de Chardin The vast majority of human beings believe in a religion or faith that sets their moral compass as they journey through life. They see themselves as a flawed human, striving to act according to their God's will on ... Continue Reading »
Before You Can Throw It Out, You Have To Let It Go!
Another miraculous part of being human is how we give sentimental value to things, but if we take it too far, we just get mental--irrational about letting go. This applies to the stuff in our homes, but also to the stuff in our hearts. You know these things--the things that have more meaning than actual value. When what something meant to you in ... Continue Reading »
Building Faith, One Step At A Time
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King, Jr. We're losing faith, but losing it may be what it takes to build it back up again--within you. The most precarious way to live your life is to think you can actually control where you're going to end up. Seriously. Nothing in life goes the way ... Continue Reading »