"BE AT WAR WITH YOUR VICES, AT PEACE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND LET EVERY NEW YEAR FIND YOU A BETTER MAN." Ben Franklin Well it is a new decade. How did you spend the last days of your decade? Did you find the real reason for the season, or did...
"FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT WE RECEIVE." St. Francis of Assisi As I write this it is white out. It more than likely will not be white on Christmas morning. I am not putting much faith in forecasters this far out. Weather people are well intentioned...
"EGO GETS YOU INCHES BUT IT DOESN'T GET YOU IMPACT." Cameron Sinclair I go back to the down home common sense humor of Jerry Clower as well as the walking around around sense that was instilled in me by first a Tupperware flyswatter, working for my Grandpa and...
"BE FAITHFUL IN SMALL THINGS BECAUSE IT IS IN THEM THAT YOUR STRENGTH LIES." St. Mother Teresa We are in the season where we review all of the things that we are thankful for. We soon will be giving gifts to many who have so much already. But...
"ALL TYRANNY, BIGOTRY,AGGRESSION, AND CRUELTY ARE WRONG. AND WHEN EVER WE SEE IT, WE MUST NEVER BE SILENT." Ingrid Newkirk Is there any tyranny that is more aggressive and just plain irritating as that of the Vegan? Now if you want to come and get some of my grass...
"LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT VISION AND RESPONSIBILITY, NOT POWER." Zig Zigler I spent a week in Pratt Regional Medical Center. I happened to get the best room in the hospital because it had a window that faced US 54/400 highway. So I was able to set and do my...
"WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL - WHEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU HAVE - YOU UNLOCK BLESSINGS TO FLOW IN YOUR LIFE." Suze Orman My family and I have been blessed throughout our whole life and we have never taken it for granted. That is not to say...
"AMERICA WAS NOT BUILT ON FEAR. AMERICA WAS BUILT ON COURAGE, ON IMAGINATION, AND ON UNSTOPPABLE DETERMINATION TO DO THE JOB AT HAND." Harry S. Truman When my mother was in high school her history teacher told the class that the United States would not be overthrown by outside enemies, but...
"STAND UP TO YOUR OBSTACLES AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEM. YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY HAVEN'T HALF THE STRENGTH YOU THINK THEY HAVE." Norman Vincent Peale As a country we have allowed the Chinese to become a major power in the world. All because there was thought to be so...
"THE FURTHER A SOCIETY DRIFTS FROM TRUTH THE MORE IT WILL HATE THOSE WHO SPEAK IT." George Orwell For those of you who profess to be Christian it is most important to love both God and your neighbor. The second most important teaching is humility. But these seem to...