“If you can’t say something nice,
don’t say anything at all.”
My Mom used to say this when I was a kid,
and I was again reminded of it the other day
while on the phone with someone who
had very little nice to say.… —-> Continue…
It feels good to give.
Doesn’t it ?
Oh sure, sometimes we give
out of guilt or obligation;
heck, sometimes we even do it
as a way to manipulate !
But few things make us feel as good as when
we give unconditionally from the heart.… —-> Continue…
When I heard the 
tapping on the window,
I froze. It’s dark out,
and I had pulled off the
road into an empty parking
lot of a closed service station
to find out what had fallen
off of the seat next to me.… —-> Continue…
Many years ago I heard a story
about a letter Abraham Lincoln
had written to one of his generals
at some point during the Civil War.
From what I recall, the general had
been hesitant at a time when
immediate decisive action was
needed to achieve a victory,
and because of his delays and
decisions a defeat seemed eminent.… —-> Continue…
Whenever I used to call
someone on the phone
I would ask them;
“Is this a good
time to call ?”
or “Did I catch you
at a good time ?”
Now – I’m not exactly on the phone with you, but still…
Did I catch you at a good time ?… —-> Continue…
My hat is off to the person at the great and wise
Fortune Cookie Factory who wrote this:
” You will enjoy true in whatever you do. “
Now, I’m not 100% sure what they intended,
so I’m going to go with the first thought I had:
The secret to success lies not
in doing what one likes,
but in liking what one does.… —-> Continue…
I’m at the Salvation Army thrift store
standing in line to purchase a small
dresser I’d found to help organize
what is my clothing chaos.
And I see him.
If one were to judge him by appearance,
they might say he had run out of luck
long ago and spent much time amongst the
out of work and possibly even the homeless.… —-> Continue…
