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Sunday Inspiration: Appreciation
I believe that appreciation is a holy thing—that when we look for what’s best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we’re doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we’re participating in something sacred.
—Fred Rogers
Inspiration: Thank You
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is “Thank you,” it is enough.
—Meister Eckhart.
Thanksgiving 2015
I’m thankful for…
- The constant, overwhelming, amazing grace of God.
- Family who love me.
- Friends who care about me.
- A warm home to live in.
- The turkey in the oven.
- The theory of general relativity.
- Panda Express.
- Sale prices at academic conferences.
- The music my daughter has brought into my life.
- Friends and colleagues I know both in real life and merely digitally.
- Reunions with beloved mentors.
- The smell of baking bread.
- Babies’ giggles.
- Kentucky basketball.
- Freedom.
- Faith.
- Hope.
- Love.
What are you thankful for?
Sunday Inspiration: Perseverance
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
—Walter Elliott
Sunday Inspiration: Peace
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
—Mother Teresa
Sunday Inspiration: Educating the Heart
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
—Aristotle
Sunday Inspiration: Intentions
A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.
—William Blake
Sunday Inspiration: Meaning and Purpose
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
—Pablo Picasso
Sunday Inspiration: The Majority
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
—Mark Twain
Sunday Inspiration: Goodbye
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
—A. A. Milne
