“We must be content to live without watching ourselves live, to work without expecting any immediate reward, to love without an instantaneous satisfaction, and to exist without any special recognition.” Thomas Merton
Inspirational thoughts
Patient endurance
“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.”
+St. Francis de Sales
Revenge
“No one heals himself by wounding another” – Saint Ambrose
Procrastination
“Ed Cole, in his book Treasure, says: “Procrastination, like disorganization, shows disrespect for time, self and others. It produces pressure on self and stress on others. It steals time, kills initiative and destroys production.” Fr. Mike Schmitz
Same boat
“We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.”
Nieghbors
“We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbor.”
G.K. Chesterton
The harder roads…
“May you always remember to enjoy the road, especially when it is a hard one.” Kobe Bryant
Looking for faults?
Mission territory
“The minute you walk outside of your church on Sunday you’re in mission territory.” Bishop Robert Barron
Suffering…
“He who fears suffering is already suffering that which he fears.” Jean de la Fontaine