Inspirational thoughts

“No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”  –Helen Keller.

“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” – Jack London.

“Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you.”

“Time, which sees all things, has found you out.”

– Sophocles, ‘Oedipus the King’

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

The Little Prince (1943) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Embrace the will of God in the “now” of your life…with gratitude!

“Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.” Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. 

Allow the love of Christ to touch all the lonely people in your daily life!

“Terror made me cruel.” – Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights Hurt people hurt people…assume behind every difficult person there is a deep history of hurt. Try to allow the compassion of Christ penetrate your heart…

“Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot?” — George Eliot, Middlemarch

“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” 

– Charles Dickens, ‘David Copperfield’