Little bits and pieces that have caught my attention.
And still do ...
And it wasn't that she was just selling books,
it was that she was helping people become whoever it was
they were going to turn out to be.
Because when you read a book as a child
it becomes part of your identity in a way that
no other reading in your whole life does...
Kathleen Kelly in You've Got Mail
(Nora Ephron)
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We do not think ourselves into new ways of living,
we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.
~ Richard Rohr
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"It's not happiness that makes us grateful;
it's gratitude that makes us happy."
~The Rev. Janet Broderick
Sunday, November 23, 2014, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.
Louisa May Alcott
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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
John Quincy Adams
(read this on the GreenBlood News Facebook Page ... thanks to Carol Lee)
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Go where you are celebrated ...
Gavin DeGraw (quoting advice from his mother to him)
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“What if the Christian faith is supposed to exist in a variety of forms rather than just one imperial one? What if it is both more stable and more agile—more responsive to the Holy Spirit—when it exists in these many forms? And what if, instead of arguing about which form is correct and legitimate, we were to honor, appreciate, and validate one another and see ourselves as servants of one grander mission, apostles of one greater message, seekers on one ultimate quest?”
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