April 2010
17 posts
Making a Difference
john21verse17:
therencelaw:
One morning a man walked along a beach covered with thousands of starfish that had washed up during a storm. Now they lay dying in the sun.
He saw a young girl picking up the starfish one by one and tossing them into the sea. As he approached her he couldn’t help but ask, “Why bother? There are too many of them. You won’t make much of a difference.”
She picked up...
The Creation of the Teacher
The Good Lord was creating teachers. It was His sixth day of ‘overtime’ and He knew that this was a tremendous responsibility for teachers would touch the lives of so many impressionable young children. An angel appeared to Him and said, “You are taking a long time to figure this one out.”
“Yes,” said the Lord, ” but have you read ...
““I’ve become a real believer in not defining every single thing. Seems like...”
How Bout them Apples?
“Women are like apples on trees, the best ones are on the top of the tree. The men don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and don’t want to get hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground that aren’t so good but easy. So, the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality they are amazing. They just have...
“Heaven is far greater than I could ever deserve. Still I should try each day to...”
– My Daily Bread
Chapter 3
Right Intentions In All Things
the 5 things the pencil maker taught his pencils
pasibe:
1) everything you do will always leave a mark 2) but you can always correct the mistakes you make 3) what is important is what is inside you 4) in life you will undergo painful sharpenings 5) to be the best pencil you can be, you must allow yourself to be held, and guided by a hand that holds you
I've Learned..
“I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back. I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it. I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your live, but who you have...
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it....”
– Howard Thurman
