Inspirational thoughts

“The observations of a parent given gently and affectionately have much more power to correct a child than those which are given angrily and wrathfully.”  St. Francis de Sales

“Let the world turn upside down, let everything be in darkness, in smoke, in uproar – God is with us.” St. Francis de Sales

“Lift your heart up gently whenever it falls. Humble yourself before God, but do not be astonished by your fall since it is not surprising that weakness is weak, frailty is frail and misery is miserable!”  St. Francis de Sales

“I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.”

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Hope is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops at all —

From Hope Is The Thing With Feathers by Emily Dickinson

”What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?” – T.S Eliot

”Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.” – T.S. Eliot

Do you want to be a Saint???  Are you making time for God and prayer on your daily schedule?

”Men have left GOD not for other gods, they say, but for no God; and this has never happened before.” T.S. Eliot