THOUGHT FOR TODAY

This came to me today via email:

"No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement."-- Florida Scott-Maxwell

Isn't this the truth? I have five children and I'm watching--and guess what? Many times I am not disappointed and even more, they are doing things that I can't seem to do, and they are doing them well. They are improving in ways that astonish me. Their capacity for love, forgiveness and service, not to mention repentance--which we all need to do--makes me glad they belong to me. Forever.

As for me? I'm sure Mother is watching from beyond the veil, waiting for signs that I will grow up, get rid of some bad habit, loose weight PERMANENTLY, and just be a better person. She never in her whole life understood my night owl tendencies, and I don't either. But, here I am, still staying up too late, packing extra pounds, being a bit snarky--poor Phil, he is the recipient of my snarky tendencies--, and living with clutter. Oh my. Isn't it time to grow up?

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QUOTE FOR TODAY

"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell." Anonymous.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY--SUCCESS. AND PAIN.

"Behind every successful man is an untold pain in his heart." Bill Jacobs

Is this true, do you think?

QUOTE OF THE DAY--WORTH

This quote was on Swaneesinger's blog today:

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless. Thomas A. Edison

I would like to edit it a bit:

Just because someone doesn’t do what you think they should do doesn’t mean they aren't wonderful.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY--PRAYER

"Finally, having exhausted all his human resources, Dantes turned to God. He remembered the prayers his mother had taught him and found meaning in them of which he had formerly been unaware.

"For the happy man, prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language--by means of which--he speaks to God."

(The Count of Monte Cristo--Alexandre Dumas, pg. 41)