Daily quotes with thoughtful reflections to inspire you every day.

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Remember we're all in this alone.
-Lily Tomlin

Jean Browman at cheerfulmonk.com wrote a post earlier this week, At Home in the Universe, in which she writes about the feeling of loneliness that some of us can feel sometimes and fears that go along with feeling alone. She has opened up a discussion on this topic and has asked several bloggers, including myself, […]

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
-Thornton Wilder

Gratitude - Cliché or Real Power
In the past, whenever the subject of gratitude would come up as a topic in a spiritual discussion, I would silently groan and think, “Not again.” But, it was always the case that by the end of the discussion, I was feeling blissful.
At the time, I thought of gratitude as […]

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. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.
-Pope Paul VI

This past year, I have attended more funerals of people I know and love than I had attended in the past decade. I am always amazed at how thoughts of death and mortality become so real to me when I am faced with the death of someone I love. The part that amazes me most […]

Mountains are moved with faith, Immaculée, but if faith were easy, all the mountains would be gone.
-Immaculée Ilibagiza quoting Jesus Christ in her dream
Left to Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Saturday, I started reading Rwandan holocaust survivor, Immaculée Ilibagiza’s book, Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. I finished the book less than 24 hours later: something I’ve never done before.

This book had me sobbing frequently: also something I’ve never done over a book. After reading nearly half of the book in one […]

...do you know that no one has ever been able to find a limit to human potential, or to humanness? You are unlimited possibilities.
-Leo Buscaglia
The Art of Being Fully Human

Creativity, free-will, uniqueness, adaptability and resilience are some traits unique to the human animal that give power to accomplish unprecedented achievements. Our most significant limitation is our own impression of ourselves.
This post is part of a series: Motivation to Complete Your Goals.
Why Waste the Effort?
All of the enthusiasm and planning in the world will not […]

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.
-Max Born

Glacier National Park in Montana.
Belief is Not Knowledge
Although I have chosen to follow the Christian religion, and I believe strongly in the existence of Jesus Christ, I know that belief is different than knowledge.
I do not know for certain that my understanding of God, life and death are as I believe them to be. I […]

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