Prayer

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.
Max Lucado

(Our Father hears the hurt of His children, not the eloquence of our speech.)

Risk

The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
Stephen R. Covey

If I'd

The following piece was written by an eighty-five-year old man who learned that he was dying.

“If I had my life to live over again, I’d try to make more mistakes next time. I wouldn’t be so perfect. I would relax more. I’d limber up. I’d be sillier than I’ve been on this trip. In fact, I know very few things that I would take so seriously. I’d be crazier. I’d be less hygienic.

“I’d take more chances, I’d take more trips, I’d climb more mountains, I’d swim more rivers, I’d go more places I’ve never been to. I’d eat more ice cream and fewer beans.

“I’d have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones!

“You see, I was one of those people who lived prophylactically and sensibly and sanely hour after hour and day after day. Oh, I’ve had my moments, and if I had it to do over again, I’d have more of those moments – moment by moment by moment.

“I’ve been one of those people who never went anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a gargle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had it to do all over again, I’d travel lighter next time.

“If I had it to do all over again, I’d start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay way later in the fall. I’d ride more merry-go-rounds, I’d watch more sunrises, and I’d play with more children, if I had my life to live over again.

“But you see, I don’t.”

A Good Plan

"A good plan today is better than a great plan tomorrow."
General George S. Patton

Prosperity

The best thing you can do for the poor is not be one of them.

The spiritual texts encourage us to give to the poor, not join them in their poverty.

Andrew Matthews