For I desire kindness, not sacrifice.
- Hosea 6:6
A blog for posting Light Moment daily emails from Chaplain Lavender Kelley at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
“My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Great compassion is the root of all forms of worship.”
~ The Dalai Lama
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
- Joseph Campbell
“Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.”
~ Faith Whittlesey
"Your reputation is what you're perceived to be; your character is what you really are"
- John Wooden
“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.”
- Orison Swett Marden
The path of the just is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
-Proverbs 4:18
“A life lived with purpose is meaningful. A life enjoyed along the way is truly fulfilling.”
- anonymous
“When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.”
- Maya Angelou
“Vision looks inward and becomes duty. Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration. Vision looks upward and becomes faith.”
- Stephen S. Wise
“The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm.”
- Bruce Barton
Happy Father’s Day!
“I don't try to imagine a God; it suffices to stand in awe of the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it”
- Albert Einstein
“The only difference between stumbling blocks and steppingstones is the way in which we use them.”
- Unknown
“If I'm always doing the best I can, I'm bringing my best self to the very next moment. And that's all anyone can ask for.”
~Bevin Lynch
“As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.”
- Ben Hogan
“A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.”
- James Dent
The most valuable learning is not about memorizing facts and figures. It is not about higher grade point averages and accumulating degrees. It is about life itself, and its impact is on the heart.
- Rodney Smith, "Lessons From the Dying"
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news…
- Isaiah 52:7
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart.”
~ Helen Keller
“The purpose of religion is not to build beautiful temples but to cultivate positive human qualities such as tolerance, generosity and love.”
- Dalai Lama
Art piece created by a class at Harding Fine Arts Academy in
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
~ Margaret Mead
“Do not ask yourself: who shall give you what you need or want - rather pose the question: what can I do to fill that void of yearning? The answer to this question is the source of life!”
~ Kersti Gloersen