A thought for the Day

[EROS]

Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not that we be not judged.

Abraham Lincoln

 

[Dan Murphy]

Blessed is he who speaks a kindness; thrice blessed is he who repeats it.

-- Arabian proverb

 

[stevets]

We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.

--Golda Meir

 

[EROS]

Pointing to another world will never stop vice among us; shedding light over this world can alone help us.

Walt Whitman

 

[Dan Murphy]

How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative -- or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people.

-- John Marks Templeton

 

[Disney Doll]

Live a good, honorable life. Then, when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.--The Dalai Lama

 

[EROS]

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.

H. L. Mencken

 

[helenabear]

God heals and the Doctor takes the fee.
--Benjamin Franklin

 

[EROS]

Originally posted by helenabear
God heals and the Doctor takes the fee.
--Benjamin Franklin

LOL .........In Ben's day, I think that the adage was TRUE. There were NO medical schools. Few doctors had ever attended college. Most of their training was within apprenticeships. There was no understanding of pathology as we recognize it today. Use of leeches to "drain bad blood" was not only fashionable but also "scientific". ............

 

[Dan Murphy]

So very true, Elaine, so true. And DD, I think Dalai Lama had some good words of wisdom there. Thank you both for those thoughts.

 

[EROS]

Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. No law will make a citizen a patriot.

Gov. Jesse Ventura

 

[Dan Murphy]

Shine through the darkness

The darker it is around you, the more your light is needed. When you find yourself among others who are angry, hateful, resentful, discouraged, and cynical, that is when you can make the most difference by staying positively focused.
It is not easy. All too often we react to negativity by being negative. That just escalates the despair. Yet you can choose not to react. You can choose to follow your own course. Just because those around you act destructively, does not mean that you must.

When those around you are frustrated and impatient, make an effort to be extra calm and composed. When those around you are angry, strive to be the voice of reason and compassion. When those around you are discouraged, offer hope.

Be a difference, and you will make a difference.

-- Ralph Marston

 

[Disney Doll]

Truer words were never spoken Dan!

A little something from the Dalai Lama: Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Life is entirely too short to listen to negativity,
Irrespective of how it is packaged.
If it comes in the form of an individual, don't 'Return to Sender'
But rather throw it precisely where it belongs ---
The trash can!

--- Tanya L. Jett

 

[EROS]

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe.

Carl Sagan

 

[Disney Doll]

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.--The Dalai Lama

 

[EROS]

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

John F. Kennedy

 

[Lanshark]

People are often unreasonable, illogical,
and self-centered;
forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, People may accuse
you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some
false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
there may be jealousy;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

Mother Theresa

 

[Disney Doll]

Lanshark, I always find that piece from Mother Theresa uplifting. Thank you!

 

[EROS]

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion -- I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more -- I could be martyred for my religion -- Love is my religion -- I could die for that.

John Keats