“Garbage in – Garbage out!”
“Garbage in, garbage out!” I’m sure most of us have not only heard that phrase before, but, most likely, we’ve used it ourselves. Whatever we take into our minds will likely come out of our mouths or be in our actions in some way. This is illustrated with the increased sales in tennis rackets […]
Are you a Ruminant?
Are you a Ruminant? Say What?! I would like to take this opportunity to talk seriously about “Ruminants”. Well as you probably know a ruminant is any animal that chews its cud. Cows are the most common ones we see. Have you ever watched a cow chew the cud? Basically they eat some food and […]
HUMILITY AND LOVE BY ST. THEOPHAN
“Take up the sword of humility and meekness, hold it always in your hand, and mercilessly cut off the head of our chief foe.” This incredible man of God, St. Theophan the Recluse (+1891), passed on many wonderful writings for us. Here are just a few on Humility and Love. Each section is worth pausing and thinking […]
That Man Is A Success
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s and Grandpa’s! (June 19th if you’ve forgotten.) The poem below was given to me many years ago by someone I care about a great deal. It meant a lot when it was given to me, and it still speaks to me many years after. THAT MAN IS A […]
Cheating Death!
One Sunday morning, before driving to Church, I received two emails informing me of the deaths of two different men that were Smokejumpers with me. Back in our smokejumping days we all joked about “cheating death” every time we made a successful parachute jump into a wilderness to fight a forest fire. I will get […]
Lost Keys
Last week, I dropped by a friend’s house and found him on his hands and knees in the front yard. He was frantically searching for something. I went over to him and asked what was going on. He told me that he had lost the only keys for his truck and had to find them. […]
Irritating People!
Have you ever had a person in your life that simply pushed your buttons whenever you were around them? Perhaps you might just have one in your life right now! There is just something about that person that gets under your skin. They may be antagonistic toward you; treating you with scorn and perhaps even […]
Storms of Life
Many years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received […]
ALICE IN WONDERLAND…SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING!
ALICE IN WONDERLAND…SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING! In that timeless tale, Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets up with two strange characters who ask her very pointed questions. Their questions and Alice’s answers give us food for spiritual thought. First, Alice meets up with the Great Caterpillar, sitting on a mushroom, smoking a hookah. “Who…are…you?” he asks Alice. Alice […]
The Mouse
A Mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. He wondered with great curiosity, “What food might this contain?” He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. “There is a mousetrap in the house; there […]