Don’t Like Today?

“If you don’t like ‘today’, then plant a different seed and tomorrow you will have a different outcome.”

~ Ron Carpenter, Jr.
Senior Pastor & Co-Founder – Redemption Church, Mentor, Consultant & Entrepreneur

Planting Kindness

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds.
A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship,
and he who plants kindness gathers love.”

~ Saint Basil the Great,
Scholar, Orator, Bishop & Theologian

Sow the Seeds of Success

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”

~ Paramahansa Yogananda,
Guru

The Ignorance of Cruelty

“Cruelty is all out of ignorance.
If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn’t hurt anybody,
because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out.”

~ Willie Hugh Nelson,
Singer-Songwriter, Author, Poet, Actor & Activist

When We’re in a Certain Season

“‘Seed-time and Harvest’ is God’s covenant law of sowing and reaping.
He will not break His covenant. There are things that God has for you
that don’t open up to you until you are in a certain season.”

~ Bill Winston,
Preacher, Author, Entrepreneur, Founder & Senior Pastor – Living Word Christian Center,
Founder – Joseph Business School, Founder – The Joseph Center®,
Fmr. United States Air Force Fighter Pilot, United States Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross Award,
United States Air Force Air Medal Award, United States Air Force Squadron Top Gun Award
Distinguished Alumni of Tuskegee University Award, Chicago Tuskegee Club Incorporated Heritage Award,
Tuskegee Airmen Chicago DoDo Chapter Award

Sow Courtesy, Plant Kindness

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds.
A good deed is never lost;
he who sows courtesy reaps friendship,
and he who plants kindness gathers love.”

~ Saint Basil,
Bishop & Theologian

Did I? Did You?

“Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing?
Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love?
These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits,
here in this world and the life to come.”

~ Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen,
Priest, Professor, Writer, Author, Public Speaker,
Theologian, Thomas Merton Award (1985)
Ronald McDonald House Charities Award of Excellence (1996)
Emmausprisen Prize (2002)

See. Imagine. Desire. Succeed! Me

Manifest the wonderful dream life you’ve imagined!

 

Envision the best for yourself & others, and achieve those goals!

“See things as you would have them be, instead of as they are.

The great successful men of the world have used their imagination …
they think ahead and create their mental picture in all its details,
filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit,
yet steadily building – steadily building.

The first principle of success is desire — knowing what you want.
Desire is the planting of your seed.”

~ Robert Collier,
Author

Giving and Receiving Hands

” God has given us two hands,
one to receive with and the other to give with.
We are not cisterns made for hoarding;
we are channels made for sharing.”

~ William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr.,
Evangelist, Orator, Author, Radio Broadcaster – Hour of Decision,
Founder – Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,
Founder – Christianity Today, Founder – Decision, &
President – Samaritan’s Purse

What Are You Weaving Behind

“What you leave behind
is not what is engraved in stone monuments,
but what is woven into the lives of others.”

~ Pericles,
Statesman, Orator and General