Every day is a new beginning, Like in baseball’s first inning. Every day there’s a clock to rewind, Yesterdays history left behind. God created days beginning to end, Rest for the body a rich dividend. Glance at yesterday for a quick replay, For looking too long will shorten today. Have a great day and don’t… Read more »
Remember — you are your children’s most important example. They learn by observing you, even when you don’t know it. If this sounds a bit daunting, don’t worry. Here are 10 ways to be a great role model, and chances are you’re already doing many of them. 1. Share your values with your children. Don’t… Read more »
Socrates said “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Within the university, students and professors scrutinize every possible aspect of our universe-from the billions of galaxies to subatomic particles, electrons, quarks-but they assiduously avoid examining their own lives. In the wider world, we keep heretically busy and fill every free moment of our day with… Read more »
A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox. The… Read more »
“I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” – Stephan Grellet
I know a young girl that gives so much love, joy, and light to this world. It doesn’t matter that she has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. It doesn’t matter that Cerebral Palsy has stiffened her muscles and made it hard for her to talk. It doesn’t matter that she… Read more »
Columnist Art Buchwald tells the story of a day when he was riding in a cab in New York City with a friend. When they got out of the cab, the friend said to the driver, “Thank you for the ride. You did a super job of driving this cab!” The taxi driver seemed stunned… Read more »
“Be like a postage stamp–stick to one thing until you get there.” – Josh Billings
Sung To: “Popeye the Sailor Man” The morning has just flown by I bet I can tell you why Ever since it’s begun We’ve had so much fun Now it’s time to say goodbye… Goodbye (clap clap) Goodbye (clap clap) It’s time to say goodbye. – Author Unknown
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. – Lady Nancy Astor
