Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T.S. Eliot
A blog for posting Light Moment daily emails from Chaplain Lavender Kelley at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
- General Omar Bradley
“So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.”
- Ephesians 4:25
Be open to opportunities around you and be proactive to make your dreams come true.
~ Sylvia Gautier
If I have learned one thing in this life, it is that God will not tie my shoes without me.
- Doug Boyd
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.
~Colin Powell
The only [person] who never makes a mistake is the [person] who never does anything.
~Theodore Roosevelt
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope.
~ Maya Angelou
“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
- Morrie Schwartz
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Artwork is entitled “Metamorphosis” by Larry Poncho Brown
Though we may have a long, winding road with lots of decisions ahead of us, we only have to travel today’s distance.
- anonymous
It is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.
- Jim Collins
A Prayer for Bitter Cold Day
Bless your beasts and singing birds
and guard with fierce tenderness
small things that have no voice.
Amen.
Life is like a mirror. If you frown at it, it frowns back. If you smile at it, it returns the greeting.
- Herbert Samuels