Strong, Rich, Learned, Integrity

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Frances Bacon

It's Just Not

It’s not rocket surgery.

A Happy Childhood

It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.

Love Thy Neighbor

It's easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

Eric Hoffer

When to Quit

It’s always too soon to quit.

V. Raymond Edman

Building on Rock

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.

Madeleine L'Engle

Faith and Faithfulness

Researchers at Florida State University set up an experiment to explore prayer and fidelity. Their findings are published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The conclusion: people worried about potentially cheating spouses may find praying together a better safeguard against adultery than constant vigilance. The researchers believe that the act of praying about romantic partners leads people to view their relationship as something sacred and not to be damaged.

Stephen Goforth

Becoming You

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

e.e. cummings

In Change There is Power

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

Alan Cohen

The Tension

It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

Carl Sagan

I Have Little

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.

Author Sydney Smith

Needy Relationships

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

Anothony Storr

Unhappy Marriage

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Giving.. Pardoning.. Dying

It is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.

St Francis of Assisi

Meeting of the Minds

There's a scientific evidence that backs up the claim that we "click" with some people during a engaging conversation. Brain scans of a speaker and listener showed synchronizing during storytelling. So, there may be a neurological truth to the idea of being on the same wavelength. A special type of MRI device showed that speaking and listening used common rather than separate neural subsystems inside each brain. In fact, during a good conversation, people will unconsciously begin imitating each other, using similar sentence structures, speaking rates, and physical gestures and postures. Listeners can get so tuned in that they can even begin to anticipate what the speaker is about to say. Details are in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.

Stephen Goforth