“A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away—the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us—is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.” Charles Dickens
Inspirational thoughts
Healthy confrontation
“If you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.”
—Bill Parcells, Head Coach, New York Giants (1983-90), New England Patriots (1993-96)
Blaming others?
“You fail all the time, but you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else.”
—Bum Phillips Head Coach, Houston Oilers (1975-80), New Orleans Saints (1981-85)
Responding to Jesus’s knock
“You must never ask Jesus to wait.” St. Ursula
Don’t slow God down
Faith and family
“Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family.” St. Angela Merici
If…
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son!
From If by Rudyard Kipling
Kindness
“No one heals himself by wounding another.” St. Ambrose
Imitating Jesus…
“When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.”St. Paul of the Cross
Loving difficult people
“Conform yourself as closely as possible to His humility and gentleness in dealing with your neighbor. . . Love those who humble and contradict you, for they are more useful to your perfection than those who flatter you.” St. Margaret Mary Alcoque