Monday, December 30, 2019

12/30/19

If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it. -John Irving

Friday, December 27, 2019

12/27/19

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it? -Robert Jordan

Thursday, December 26, 2019

12/26/19

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. -Dean Koontz

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

12/25/19

Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime. -Laura Ingalls Wilder

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Monday, December 23, 2019

12/23/19

There is one tradition in America I am proud to inherit. It is our first freedom and the truest expression of our Americanism: the ability to dissent without fear. It is our right to utter the words, "I disagree." We must feel at liberty to speak those words to our neighbors, our clergy, our educators, our news media, our lawmakers and, above all, to the one among us we elect President. -Natalie Merchant

Friday, December 20, 2019

12/20/19

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure. -Henri Nouwen

Thursday, December 19, 2019

12/19/19

Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don't reject them, let them come through when they're ready, don't think you can plan it all out. This day will never, no matter how long you live, happen again. It is exquisitely singular. It will never again be exactly repeated. -Naomi Shihab Nye

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

12/18/19

Closing your eyes to the cruelty of life is, in my opinion, both stupid and sinful. There's very little we can do about it. So we have to at least acknowledge it. -Amos Oz