Character and Character

This post contains affiliate links. “A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.” ~ Charles Spurgeon “There will be times in your life that you will be challenged to choose between honorContinue reading “Character and Character”

What Children Learn and Adults Forget

This post contains affiliate links. One morning last week, I woke up remembering a slim little book published in 1986 titled All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, by Robert Fulghum. It’s really a book of observational essays about things he noticed in the world around him or about things he’d been thinkingContinue reading “What Children Learn and Adults Forget”

Let’s Get Rid of the Negative Loops in Our Heads

This post contains affiliate links. “The running thread of A Course in Miracles is the radical idea that I am freed from past ideas.” ~ Pam Grout, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind  “All matter originates and exits only by virtue of a force … We must assume behindContinue reading “Let’s Get Rid of the Negative Loops in Our Heads”

Making the Most of Life

This post contains affiliate links. Two weeks ago, I was shocked when a college friend of mine announced that her husband, also a college friend, had died from a massive stroke from which he never regained consciousness. I think he was only 66 years old, younger than me.  He and I were religious studies compatriotsContinue reading “Making the Most of Life”