A Quote for the Day

A gift when expected ceases to be a gift. It becomes a demand. Let the gift stays a gift.

Poverty of spirit is not about lack of material things but of complete trust on the will of God. And yet there's no other life circumstance where you have the chance to find it than in poverty of the materials. A rich man will never have an inkling on how it feels to be desperate with no food to feed the long-hungry stomach, with no future seems in store, and only the Lord on his side. I read an account of the life of Saint Francis of Assissi wherein he faced the pressure from outside to control the Franciscan movement when they have grown to 5000 after ten years. People said that his dream of radical poverty was too harsh. During his time of prayer, he told Jesus about this, "Lord, didn't I tell you they wouldn't trust you?"

Had Mary preferred to choose what was good and easy for herself alone and not the Father's will, Jesus would not have been born.

If you follow the crowd, you will not overtake the crowd.  If you follow the crowd, you cannot lead the crowd. Instead, the crowd will lead you.

A way to bounty can best be taken through the road of want. And such a path brings a fullness that can last very long than otherwise.

A trickle of evil left unchecked allows it to burst into a deluge of more overwhelming evil.

The greatest and most powerful prayer there is, is this: "Be it unto me according to your word. Lord, thy will be done. Amen."

Each time before you decide to take action on an idea, make sure that what you think the good thing to do is "really" good. Experience tells us that not all we thought as good were truly good. Acting on things by impulse ensures that what only apparently was good got assumed to be good, and the outcome becomes a point of regret for long stretches into the future.

Like a rush of water let go from its mountain source and overwhelms everything on its path, curiosity can kill the soul.

Breaking up and letting go are easiest when the bond is between a receiver and a valued gift than between an owner and a valued property.

Two days, Cyberline broke; Two days, Darkness spoke . And then, The light came back On the first day Of Misa de Gallo.

If the gull of time flies from you so fast, maybe it is time to hold it for a while and evaluate how much value you have given it so far. The heavier value you place on it, the slower it can fly away.  

Anyone can be  vulnerable to fault-finding simply because no one is perfect. If you look for a fault in a person you usually find one. Good people use these as opportunities to love others. Evil ones, as opportunities to take advantage for personal benefits.

There are those who run faster than we do. Those who run faster provide us an alternative behavior to mirror in our own. Those who take it much slower challenges us to take the road ahead safely and quickly. The slow are not those to be impatient or upset about. They simply move in their own unique capacities. What we can do best is to look for ways to help them if we can; otherwise, we move ahead on our own personal speed. An excerpt from the Lessons on the Roads, my new book that will be out next year.

God expects us not to be perfect. He simply wants us to do our best. And if that best still falls short, which must be expected to happen many times if not all the time, He will provide the rest. (Photo by Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian)

It is never too late to recapture those beautiful moments of childhood again. Just pause for a few minutes and let your mind travel down memory lanes, and join your old playmates running after each other under a drenching rain. A well-adjusted adult can learn to be childlike anytime situation demands so. Kenshin himura is one of my most favorite cartoon characters that appear in these later years.

All the miracles in our lives are as much a miracle of how much we believed.

Age has nothing to do with maturity. Failures do.

It is easier to seek forgiveness from a Jesus you do not see than face the embarassing prospect of seeking the same from a Peter that you can see.