Consider This

A Prezi - My First

An Instrument of Peace

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.
—attributed to the 13th-century saint Francis of Assisi

Source: Wikipedia's Prayer of Saint Francis
See also: ~ Francis of Assisi

In Time of Turmoil - A Prayer

In this time of turmoil,
May our thoughts be clear,
May our feelings be compassionate,
May our needs be fulfilled,
May we create peace.
—My Sister Sue

New Doors

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

Source: Quotablecards.com

Finished!

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning.
—Louis L'Amour

Source: Quotablecards.com

Something to Do

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not.
—James Russell Lowell

Source: Compendium Inc's Facebook Page on Monday, 15 November 2010.

Simplicity

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.
—Plato

Source: Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations [Paperback] by Garr Reynolds 2010 New Riders ISBN-13: 978-0321668790
See also: Garr's blog at http://presentationzen.com

Life's Journey

Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting '....holy crap....what a ride!' —George of Kenny & Ziggy's Restaurant, Houston, TX

Source: George was our waiter at Kenny & Ziggy's Deli in Houston, Texas the weekend of my Mom's 90th birthday in September, 2010. He told us that he was a heart transplant recipient, and one of his elderly customers gave him this quote after his successful recovery from his surgery.

Bring on That Dream World

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
—Douglas Everett

Source: Inspired Quote of the Week email subscription from Compendium, Inc.
See also:
> Douglas Everett on Wikipedia

Everlasting Love?

Our love will last
So long as
The good it does for each of us
Outweighs the bad.
—Lois Wyse

Source: Lois Wyse poem Long-lasting Love in her book of poetry Who but me? American Greetings 1971
> Sadly, that's what happened in one of my earlier relationships.

Rains All The Time!

[A]t this place we had wintered and remained from the 7th of Decr. 1805 to this day and have lived as well as we had any right to expect, and we can say that we were never one day without 3 meals of some kind a day either pore Elk meat or roots, notwithstanding the repeated fall of rain which has fallen almost constantly since we passed the long narrows.
—Meriwether Clark, wrote before setting out on March 23, 1806 from Fort Clatsop, Oregon.

Source: National Park Service Lesson Plans on the Lewis & Clark Expedition: Reading 3: Wintering on the West Coast .

Hating Air-Conditioned Potties

Yesterday when I was pulling up her britches after she went potty, she said, “Boy, I hate these air-conditioned potties! They freeze my butt! Why do these people keep the potty so cold?”

And the answer I (my beautiful Bride) gave to her about the air-conditioned potty? Well, here goes:

“I guess these people want to have a high turnover in the potty. If it’s freezing cold, they can get people in and out fast. There aren’t any people outside the door waiting to use the potty right now, but if there’s ever a long line waiting to get in, we’re ready for them!”

She was happy with that, and when she’s happy, I’m happy too.
—Mama, July 15, 2010

Source: Caregiving on my Sweet Bride's Blog. This was a conversation she had with her 92 year-old Mom!

Hugs for Daughter

If I had a Christmas wish, it would be to hug my daughter....
—Mark Harmon as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs

Source: NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service Silent Night Season 6, Episode 11, originally aired on 16 December 2008
> That would be my Christmas wish too!

Egotists, They Talk

One nice thing about egotists... they don't talk about other people.
—David Heimbach

Source: From Dave's email subscription, forwarded by my wonderful Bride, Carol

we must rise with the occasion

It is not "Can any of us imagine better?" but "Can we all do better?" Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, "Can we do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
—Abraham Lincoln

Source: Abraham Lincoln , Second Annual Message [to Congress] December 1, 1862
> John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29503.