Sunday

  "...after the example of the bee, extract the honey of every sect." Thomas Jefferson

 When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.

~ Erma Bombeck

 "Noble is the man who, in the midst of his joy, weeps for those who are suffering. Noble too is the man who, in the midst of his sorrows, sings a song with the joyful hearts. The more a man shares in the feelings of others, the more noble he is" + Pope Shenouda +

 Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

~ Leo Buscaglia PhD (March 31, 1924 – June 12, 1998)

 If you wish to be a mine of jewels, open the deep ocean within your heart.

Rumi

 “Be still... Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity” ― Lao Tzu

"Be still, and know that I am God." -- Psalm 46:10

All is known in the sacredness of silence.

Rumi

"Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls."

~Paramahansa Yogananda

 “In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived; 

how well we have loved;

how well we have learned to let go.” 

― Jack Kornfield

 When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

~ Helen Keller

 The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.

~ Lew Wallace

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

Anatole France