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 …
Category Archive: Beliefs
Beliefs
Oct
11
We’re All Going to Die
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
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Oct
08
Left to Tell
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 …
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Sep
26
Self Confidence for Motivation
...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. Why Waste the Effort? All of the enthusiasm and planning in the world will not help motivate you to achieve your goals if you …
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Sep
12
Hold Beliefs Loosely
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 …
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