A Disciple of Jesus

To be a disciple of Jesus is quite a simple thing, and you really can do it! You just go through life saying, “What is the one thing needed in this moment, right here?” And if you're not exactly sure at any moment what that one needed thing is, then just pray and make the best choice you can.

(John Ortberg, Now What?, p. 96)

13 February 2016

Unassembled

We can't control what will happen today, but we are free to choose what we do with it. Life comes "unassembled." We can make a mess of the day, or we can make something new and useful with what happens. The choice is ours.
(Daily Inspiration For Women, 1 February)
1 February 2016

Acceptance

Melva's Quilt - photo by Mr. Dickie

Sometimes, we must accept life on its terms, not our own. Life has a way of unfolding, not as we will, but as it will. And sometimes, there is precious little we can do to change things.

When events transpire that are beyond our control, we have a choice: we can either learn the art of acceptance, or we can make ourselves miserable as we struggle to change the unchangeable.
(100 Days Of Prayer For Women, p., 282)
6 April 2014

Choice

Photo: Blackwater Falls, WV

We have a choice:

• plow new ground or
• let the weeds grow.

(Jonathan Westover, The Little Book Of Virtues, 27 July)

27 July 2013

The Force

My will shall shape the future. 

Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. 

I am the force. 

I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. 

My choice, my responsibility. 

Win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.

(Elaine Maxwell, American Writer, in Pocket Positives) 

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2 July 2013

Patriotic

In fact, the decision to be patriotic or not is a choice, and no one ought to be condemned for disagreeing vehemently with the conduct of his countries leaders. (Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, The Sky's The Limit, p. 148)
10 April 2013

You Have A Choice

[You have] ... a choice:
to ruminate about all the

• could haves,
• should haves and
• would haves

or to be thankful for the things that were.
(Roberta Messner in Daily Guideposts - 2011, 1 April)
2 April 2012