Daily Jots

Okay, it’s Halloween. I don’t want to think outside the box. In fact, I would like to get in the box and jump out and scare someone! This is the day to be someone we are not. Boggles the mind, doesn’t it? Could it be we dress up in our alter egos? Is the teller at the bank dressed as Scarlett O’Hara (“Gone With the Wind”) telling you that she is sick and tired of technology and would like Rhett to come take her away? Frankly, my dear, I don’t think she gives …read more

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We seldom do that. Rest, I mean. But Sunday is a day that is traditionally set aside for worship of God, The Creator, Spirit… whatever you call Him, and we rarely honor that resting day. I don’t think it was a day set aside because God felt some need for people to stand around telling Him how great He is. That hardly seems to be something a loving God would need. A loving God would be there to tell you all He wants is love in return and He gave you the day of rest …read more

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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.” – George Bernard Shaw
Interesting thought. Why would it be worse to be indifferent to someone than to hate them?
On Saturdays I like to take some time to “personally reboot,” and get ready for the next week. I hope you can use these quote to think of some unusual applications of it in your own life. Drop me an email if you have an unusual insight into this quote and what it meant …read more

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Thought of the Day:
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.”
Oliver Wendall Holmes
Thinking Outside of the Box:
It is a fall night here and I can hear the gusts of wind. In fact, they are blowing hard enough that the pine tree next to my living room window, is brushing the branches against the glass. I keep …read more

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Thought of the Day:
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; … go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” Victor Hugo
Thinking Outside of the Box:
How often do we carry the weight of our disappointments, our stresses, our heartbreaks, like Atlas with the globe balanced precariously upon a shoulder? We aren’t even close to being able to haul that load around. But we judge our own lives and blame ourselves (or someone else, which just isn’t fair and certainly isn’t nice) for things that just flat out go …read more

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Thought of the Day:
“In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.” Michael Crichton
Thinking Outside of the Box:
As a frequent commuter on the information highway, I often wonder how much I am actually learning. I go from site to site and fill my head with information that isn’t actually printed out in a book, isn’t in a larger context of something bigger that I am studying but is like a bunch of 3 X 5 cards someone dropped on the floor. And here I am sorting through …read more

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Thought of the Day:
“Life is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.”
Margaret Mead
Thinking Outside of the Box:
I had to chuckle when I read this quote considering the history reference below. I bet that parachute jumper never thought he would become a metaphor but it suits my needs quite well, so be it. But I am not sure I agree with Margaret Mead. We dont have to get it right the first time our family, our friends, even God will give us second, third and just about as many chances as we need. I am …read more

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I have always been interested in quotes. They have such a succint way of summing up a principle, a thought, a dream, or teaching a lesson. It is a bit like looking at the display window of a large department store on Christmas Eve; you can see so much but you know there is even more inside. I suspect my interest in quotes began with my mother as she has collected quotes and bits of poetry since before I can remember. She knows how to use them too – at the right moment she can deliver the perfect quote pertinent …read more

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