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  The Psalm of Forever Forever is a holy word I've stolen from God's vocabulary that I dare to utter

We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them. The Buddha

Control or Surrender It seems in my life, and perhaps in yours, that I am constantly torn between control and surrender. The most fruitful times in my life have been times of surrender. The happiest times in my life have been times of surrender. But we cannot just surrender to everything and everyone.

The Power of Love   If you really want to find out whether love has such great power, you can do so by the simple process of learning love and trying it for yourself.  In order to do this, you must re-educate your subconsciousness.  You must form new thought habits of love and compassion and friendliness and joy, so that your instinctive and

What Do Children Need?   Your child needs you to be a parent, not a friend.   Children need heroes and mentors.     And that means you need to have great ones yourself.  Be careful        who you look up to. Your children are paying attention. Your children need your time - more than anything else.    

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PERSONAL DEBT The Wake-Up Call - Debt - There are many kinds of debt. The one we're most familiar with is financial debt. But what about when our emotional and energetic bank accounts are overdrawn? Do we just keep going, turning to external sources to fill ourselves back up, without addressing the underlying reasons our inner resources are drained?

  All of us have a bigger responsibility to "the world stage" than we have probably imagined.  Consider these thoughts from R. Rolheiser. 

From Matthew Kelly's, Building Better Families   Nine qualities that great leaders work hard to develop.

            From Matthew Kelly's, Building Better Families