What Is A Soul?

What is a soul?  It's like electricity -

we don't really know what it is,

but it's a force that can light a room.

~ Ray Charles ~

Conservationist

A true conservationist is a man who

knows that the world is not given by his fathers,

but borrowed from his children.

~ John James Audubon ~

Dreams

All our dreams can come true,

if we have the courage to pursue them.

~ Walt Disney ~

Organize

Organize your energies along your own line of natural interest and persistence;

and you will do more, much more, so much better.

Blessings

The real issue in life is not how many blessings we have,

but what we do with those blessings.  Some people

have many blessings and hoard them.  Some have

few and give everything away.

~ Fred Rogers ~

Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm is a mental sunshine that keeps

everything in us alive and growing.

The Habit

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed,

or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson ~

Easter/Passover

Do not abandon yourself to despair.

We are the Easter people and

hallelujah is our song.

~ Pope John Paul II ~

The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever.

Freedom is not won on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home.

Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it. 

~ Johnathan Sacks ~

Happy Easter

Happy Passover

Happy Spring

Not My Job

We have all worked with or have known someone who never does more than is absolutely necessary. They seem to wear blinders and only do what is in their job description. Unfortunately, these individuals are the antithesis of being a team player. Their “not my job” attitude can become blatantly obvious and can reflect badly on an organization, as seen in the above photos.  We all need to do whatever it takes and go above and beyond our job descriptions to bring a sense of pride to who we are and what we do. In short...it is all our jobs!

Jackie Robinson

A life is not important except in

the impact it has on other lives.

~ Jackie Robinson ~

Notre Dame

When I went to Europe a few years ago, I felt very at home there,

and I loved standing in Notre Dame and looking at all the gargoyles

on the outside of the building and realizing that, 

as scary and as frightening as they were,

what I was looking at was something

 that was built to the glory of God.

~ Scott Derrickson ~

So Sad

Tiger!

Well, you know, a lot of people look at the negative things, the things they did wrong and - which I do.  But I like to stress on the things I did right, because there are certain things that I like to look at from a positive standpoint that are just positive reinforcement.

~ Tiger Woods ~

Congratulations Tiger!!

A Flat Tire

A bad attitude is like a flat tire.

You won't go anywhere until you change it.

Enemy

No man has a worse enemy than himself.

~ Cicero ~

Health

We who have no time for our health today,

may have no health for our time tomorrow.

Eyes Wide Open

The big things you can see with one eye closed.

But keep both eyes open for the little things.

Little things mark the great dividing line

between success and failure.

A Moving Stairway

Some people seem to think that life is a moving stairway -

that all one has to do is to step aboard and be carried to the top.

Be Careful

Talent is God given. Be humble.

Fame is man-given. Be grateful. 

Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

~ John Wooden ~

Nature

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature.

It will never fail you. 

~ Frank Lloyd Wright ~ 

Your Time

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.

Because when you give your time, you are giving a

portion of your life that you will never get back.

Worry

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow,

it only saps today of its joy. 

~ Leo Buscaglia ~

Fools

Let us be thankful for the fools. 

But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

~ Mark Twain ~