If God places a child before you, and you are too busy to wield either a positive or negative influence...you just did the later! You communicated that the child doesn't matter and isn't important.

Just know this: What you will do among children is as close to the heart of God and central to his kingdom as anything we could mention.

So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn to get more of them?

The handholds for hope are there for all of us but are made plainest to those in poverty, for whom survival actually depends on hope in their God.

Life is very nice, but it has no shape. The object of art is actually to give it some ..." Jean Anouilh, The Rehearsal

fallin lovewith your solitude

Well, I miss my wife, you know, " I said. "But I also miss the feeling of, I don’t know, comfort. The sense you’re where you’re supposed to be, with someone you’re supposed to be with.

All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by.

I'd rather dance in a corner than dance in a circle.

It is better, I think, to begin easily and get your running to be smooth and relaxed and then to go faster and faster.

out of sight,out of mind

I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.

It's 2003. Why can't I teleport?

By activating an expansive, tolerant, and creative mindset, positive feelings maximize the social, intellectual, and physical benefits that will accrue.