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Of all God's gifts, there is none for which we shall be so answerable as the gift of a child. (William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke, p. 25)
To be alive is to have conflicts. We find outselves in disagreement with other people and in conflict with ourselves. Often, the things we want seem mutually exclusive, e. g. more money and more free time, more food and fewer pounds. (Food For Thought)
The harvest I reap is measured by the attitudes I cultivate. (Iyanla Vanzant, Acts of Faith, 9 June)
... those people who eschew modern electronics are either hermits, misanthropes, psychopaths, or Amish. (Andrew Frothingham and Tripp Evans, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, 13 June)
Whenever we choose a life-enhancing activity and perfrom it regularly until it becomes an ingrained habit, we are using our addictive tendencey to build ourselves up rather than tear ourselves down. (Food For Thought, 14 June)
... we .. know weakness: physical ailments, mental depression, emotional estrangements, spiritual apathies, griefs, disappointments, and persecutions. In times of weakness we need the help of the Spirit. (The Upper Room Disciplines - 2006, 2 June)
- This morning I finished reading "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. This 134 page book is often quoted in other books that utilize quotations. I starting reading the book at the beginning of the year and tried to read a page each day. I found that if my concentration wasn't sharp I had a hard time getting much out of what I was reading. This book was part of a 1945 Classics Club book which also has sections by "Lucian of Samosata, Skeptic" and "Justin Martyr, Christian."
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