"Is anybody happier because
you passed his way?
Does anyone remember that
you spoke to him today?
This day is almost over,
and its toiling time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now,
A kind word for you?
Can you say tonight in passing,
With the day slipped so fast,
That you helped a single person,
Of the many that ...
Archive for May, 2008
Written by Ingit on May 31st, 2008
Written by Ingit on May 30th, 2008
"Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game."
~ John Eliot, Ph.D. From ...
Written by Ingit on May 29th, 2008
"One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream.
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring.
One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal
One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room
One candle ...
Written by Ingit on May 28th, 2008
"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a ...
Written by Ingit on May 27th, 2008
"I teach something called The Law of Probabilities, which says the more things you try, the more likely one of them will work. The more books you read, the more likely one of them will have an answer to a question that could solve the major problems of your life, ...
Written by Ingit on May 26th, 2008
"When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as ...
Written by Ingit on May 25th, 2008
"Iron rusts from disuse;
stagnant water loses its purity
and in cold weather becomes frozen;
even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."
~ Leonardo da Vinci, The Archetype of Human Potential
Well, how's your mind doing? Are you stretching it?
And your body? Are you pushing it?
And your soul?
Good.
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Written by Ingit on May 23rd, 2008
"I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn't fail.
The same four walls and busywork were really more like jail.
I long so much to do the things I'd never done before,
But I stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.
I said it didn't matter ...
Written by Ingit on May 23rd, 2008
" it is not the fast tempo of modern life
That kills but the boredom
A lack of strong interest
And failure to grow that destroys.
It is the feeling that nothing is worthwhile
That makes men ill and unhappy."
- Harold W. Dodds
There is nothing worse than being lukewarm. Being interested in nothing and seeing ...
Written by Ingit on May 22nd, 2008
"Fear not for I am with you, be not dismay for I am your God, I will uphold you, I will uplift you with My victorious right hand" - Psalms
"Courage is fear that has said its prayers." -Karl Barth, Swiss Theologian
Courage isn't an absence of fear. It is doing ...
