Surrounded by the Shadow of Death

Surrounded by the Shadow of Death

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. –  Paul VI ” The fish was motionless on the water’s surface as it went floating by.  Leaning over the rail I...
Songs of the Mocker

Songs of the Mocker

It is most remarkable that Abraham Lincoln, when he saw so much that was vulnerable in the leadership of the Christian Church, did not move to the opposite error and become a mocker.- Elton Trueblood – With all of the exotic wildlife here in Florida, our...
Worried Half to Death

Worried Half to Death

If you ask me what the single most important key to longevity is, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension… – George Burns It is real, it is out there, and it could kill you!   It is waiting…watching… and you might be its...
Happy, Happy – NOT

Happy, Happy – NOT

There once was in man a true happiness of which now remains to him only the mark and an empty trace, which he in vain tries to fill from all his surroundings… But these are all inadequate, because the infinite abyss can only be filled by an infinite and...
What’s Done is Done

What’s Done is Done

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done...
The Saga of Even and So

The Saga of Even and So

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through the experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller – Horatio Gates Spafford was a prominent American lawyer, a devout...
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