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

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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!

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

Growing Food, Printing Money

“Growing your own food is like printing your own money.”

~ Ron Finley

Good Work

“The best preparation
for good work tomorrow
is to do good work today.”

~ Elbert Hubbard

Kind Words Echo

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
… their echoes are truly endless. ”

~ Mother Teresa (Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu)
Roman Catholic Religious Sister

Miracles: Everything is Possible

“Constructive action works miracles.  Emphasize what can be done, rather than what cannot.  Complaining wastes time and energy.  Things improve when more people build up and fewer tear down.  With God’s help, everything is possible. .”

The Christophers

We’re Passing This Way Once, So We’ll Show Kindness Now!

Good morning! Today’s quote:

“I can expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow-being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

William Penn

Keep Sowing!

“Keep on sowing your seed,
for you never know which will grow
– perhaps it all will.”

Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist & Nobel Prize – Physics (1921),
Barnard Medal (1920), Matteucci Medal (1921), ForMemRS (1921),
Copley Medal (1925), Gold Medal – Royal Astronomical Society (1926),
Max Planck Medal (1929) & Time Person of the Century (1999)