Give like the rose gives its perfume -- effortlessly, unconditionally because it is its own nature. -Swami Vivekananda (can be found online at http://www.dailygood.org/view.php?qid=5005) i like this quote a lot.  i have a "but" though.  seems like to… more »

May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord turn His face to you and grant you peace. -Numbers 6:24-26 a friend told me she had a nightmare and when i came across this scriptur… more »

My friend is a stranger, someone I do not know.  -  A stranger far, far away.  -  For his sake my heart is full of disquiet  -  because he is not with me.  -  Because, perhaps, after all he does not exist?  -  Who are you who so fill my heart with your… more »

after approx. 90 days, i'm back  :-)    -first day of the new year seems appropriate.  and still, it practically took a 2 by 4, because the thought of starting again seemed so overwhelming (thank you ed for teaching me by your example that sometimes you… more »

'Do not worry about what will come next, you will discover it when it comes'. - St Symeon, the New Theologian (born in 949; died in 1022); quote can be found at http://www.orthodoxchristian.info/pages/Jprayer.html when i sent this quote out as a text (… more »

One of the most effective ways of counteracting jealousy and envy in ourselves is to say a prayer immediately for the intention of the person we resent.  - Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen; Lift Up Your Heart - A Guide to Spiritual Peace, p. 89. i just watch… more »

When our conscience bothers us, whether we admit it or not, we often try to justify it by correcting others, or by finding fault with them.  - Fulton J. Sheen; (from the book Way to Inner Peace, pp. 54) how's this for irony?  i found myself today corre… more »