If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, There will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, There will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world. --Chinese Proverb IF I HAD A CHILD TO RAISE by Diane Loomans Id finger-paint more, and point the finger less. Id do less correcting and more connecting. Id take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes. I would care to know less and know to care more. Id take more hikes and fly more kites. Id stop playing serious and seriously play. Id run through more fields and gaze at more stars. Id do more hugging and less tugging. I would be firm but affirm much more. Id build self-esteem first and the house later. Id teach less about the love of power and more about the power of love ONE SOLITARY LIFE ( adapted from James Allan Francis) He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty. Then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. He never set foot inside a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place he was born. He never wrote a book, or held an office. He did none of these things that usually accompany greatness. While he was still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him. His friends deserted him. He was turned over to his enemies, and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for the only piece of property he had—his coat. When he was dead, he was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend. Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today his is the central figure for much of the human race. I am well within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that ever sailed, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned, put together have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as this One Solitary Life. When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught how to fly. Barbara J. Winter Argue for your limitations and sure enough theyre yours. --- Richard Bach
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