Something to Think About...
Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 7:00AM MAD21 "The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our spiritual enemies and put our mouths out of taste for those pleasures with which the tempter baits his hooks."
- Matthew Henry
Joy, Self Control, Thought Of The Day Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 7:00AM MAD21 "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
- Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Bobby
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7:00AM MAD21 "Sometimes I think we’re fooled into believing we have only one birth and one death. I don’t think that’s true. I think with the shrieking alarm of every day we’re faced with a choice to live or die, if not outwardly than certainly on the inside. And it’s the purest sort of choice, one that cannot be bargained with or cheated. Choosing to live a little less is the same thing as choosing to die a little more.
How much do we miss while chained to the Same Old? How many blessings pass us by? How much of life’s magnificence? The ugliness of this world surrounds us every day. It’s as close as the newspaper and the television. It’s a click away on your computer. It engulfs us to the point of surrender.
You can be numb and still see the bad, but you have to pay attention to see the joy. You have to watch for it. Seek it. The beauty that exists in this world is like the wind. It’s difficult to see, but much easier to see its effects. It fires the imagination and inspires hope. It replaces our wandering with purpose."
- An excerpt from Waking Up by Billy at What I Learned Today
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 9:07AM MAD21 "There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."
- Carl Jung
