Inspirational thoughts

“Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.” Helen Keller

“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.” Thomas Merton

“Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.” Will Rogers

“Dogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually significant in ways that we cannot fathom.” – Flannery O’Connor
Although our Faith is reasonable, it is not rational.  Reason can lead us to the door of the mystery but cannot fully explain the mysteries of our Faith…

“If you know who you are, you can go anywhere.” Flannery O’Connor

“A Room Without Books Is Like A Body Without A Soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Make time to read quality books, both spiritual and perhaps some literary or historical fiction, to enrich your soul!

“Don’t Let Yesterday Take Up Too Much Of Today.” – Will Rogers

“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Forrest Gump

“Bah,” said Scrooge, “Humbug.”
Sometimes an excessive sense of justice or an obsession with making money, can prohibit the possibility of forgiveness and compassion….

“I would ask you to believe that he has a heart he very, very seldom reveals, and that there are deep wounds in it. My dear, I have seen it bleeding.” Charles Dickens, Tale of Two Cities