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Solving Problems
Today I’m passing on a quote from the book The Cow in the Parking Lot–A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger, written by Leonard Scheff and Susan Edmiston. Here’s the quote: “Anger is as good at solving problems as a fan is at stacking papers.
Community and Courage
One of the best things about a wholehearted community is the ability to borrow a little courage when you’re running low.—Brene Brown
Do Better
This quote today is by Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice. He writes of government. I think on this particular day it is also true of each church and each person within the United Methodist Church. Here’s the quote: “We must dissent from the…
One Thing
A student asked Thay, “There are so many urgent problems. What should I do?” Thay answered calmly, “Take one thing, and do it very deeply and carefully, and you will be doing everything at the same time.”—Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung
A Grain of Wheat
If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.—Martin Luther
Kindness
Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.——Scott Adams
Not Just Talking–Living It Too
One great gift a mother can give her daughter is to live her own life as well as possible.—Harriet Lerner. I would maintain that this is true of all genders–that children may listen to what we say but they definitely watch how we live…
In a Day
I was interested to read this quote and think of it as applying to this day–or a week–or an entire life: “See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.” The quote is attributed to Pope John XXIII as his motto. I’m still mulling…
Shutting Down the Heart
Terry Hershey in his Monday morning “Sabbath Moments” on the computer once wrote: “I do know that when we label, we exclude, rather than include. I do know that when we label, we live with scotoma, selective blindness. And scotoma shuts down our heart,…
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