“I always tell kids, you have two eyes and one mouth. Keep two open and one closed. You never learn anything if you’re the one talking.”— Gordie Howe (former all-star hockey player with the Detroit Red Wings)
Better listening
Inspirational thoughts
Look for the good in others
“Most people are nice when you finally see them.”– Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Who are you?
“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.” Emily Dickinson
Adoration
“Find Jesus and you will find peace.” St. Teresa of Calcutta
Hope
“To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.” Emily Dickinson
Show your tears
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.” Charles Dickens
Solitude
“A multitude of people and yet solitude.” Charles Dickens
The joy of giving
“For joy cannot be dissociated from sharing. In God Himself, all is joy because all is giving.” Pope St. Paul VI
Prayer
“Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us.” St. Teresa of Avila
See the light in others
“God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person.” St. Teresa of Avila
