You Don’t Say! Don’t say “Our” If you live isolated in your selfishness. Don’t say “Father” unless you behave like a son or daughter. Don’t say “Who Art in Heaven” if you are thinking only of worldly things. Don’t say “Hallowed by Thy Name” if you invoke God with your lips, but your heart is…
Archives for September 2009
You will never be sorry …
o for thinking before acting. o for hearing before judging. o for forgiving your enemies. o for being candid and frank. o for helping a fallen brother. o for being honest in business. o for thinking before speaking. o for being loyal to your church. o for standing by your principles. o for closing your…
May I always serve
Several hundred years ago a wealthy plantation owner was attracted by the heartbreaking sobs of a slave girl who was about to step up to the auction block to be sold. Moved by an impulse of compassion, he bought her for a very high price and then disappeared into the crowd. When the auction was…
Saying NO
Saying No For many of us, the most difficult word to say is one of the shortest and easiest in the vocabulary: No. Go ahead, say it aloud: No. No – simple to pronounce, hard to say. We’re afraid people won’t like us, or we feel guilty. We may believe that a “good” employee, child,…
Listening and Sharing
Listening and Sharing “To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.” –Churton Collins “They that will not be counselled cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason, she will rap you on the knuckles.” –Benjamin Franklin “Don’t give your advice before you are called upon.” –Erasmus “If a man’s faith…
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