Responsibility

We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say, 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. - Fred Rogers

Repeated Refrains

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature --- the assurance that dawn comes after night and spring after the winter. - Rachel Carson

Overflowing with Gratitude

The heart that is constantly overflowing with gratitude will be safe from those attacks of resentfulness and gloom that bother so many persons. - A. W. Tozer

Waiting

Waiting is just a gift of time in disguise --- a time to pray wrapped up in a ribbon of patience --- because is the Lord ever late? - Ann Voskamp

Free Play

Let's make time for unorganized, unstructured, free play. Let's plan not to plan. Let's allow our children the freedom to explore the unscripted beauty of childhood, where creativity, imagination, and curiosity live. - Shirra Baston

History

Human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy. - C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

One Kind Word

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. - Fred Rogers

Gratitude

Gratitude is the memory of the heart. - Jean Baptiste Massieu

Reminders

Although the objects themselves are no replacement for the people we ache for, they are reminders of the fact that those people were here, and they mattered and will be missed. - Mike Gayle, The Museum of Ordinary People

Both

We can both acknowledge our pain and remember God's goodness. - Ashley Morgan Jackson

Delay

Sometimes a delay in your plans is God's protection. - Author Unknown

Our King

Our King is seated.
He's not frantically pacing.
He's not anxious or nervous.
He's not unsettled or scared.
He is seated, steady, secure.
- Author Unknown

Faithful

God is who says he is. He does what he says he's going to do. You can trust him with your broken circumstances, future dreams, and everyday uncertainties. He is faithful. - Maggie Combs

Grateful

Every time we decide to be grateful it will be easier to see new things to be grateful for. Gratitude begets gratitude just as love begets love. - Henri Nouwen

Long Walks

Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. - Henry David Thoreau

Nature

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. - Henry David Thoreau

Home

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love. - Nate Berkus

Prayers Weaved

The prayers we weave into the matching of socks, the stirring of oatmeal, the reading of stories, they survive fire. - Ann Voskamp

Praying

You can come boldly before your Father who is in heaven, not because of who you are, but because of what Jesus has done for you on the cross. - Fern Nichols

Heaven

The fact that our heart yearns for something that Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home. - C. S. Lewis

What I Think

I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. - Flannery O'Connor

Surrender

God can do more through your surrender than you can with your control. - Author Unknown

Love

Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity. - C. S. Lewis

Every Minute

God is not wasting your time by seemingly letting something come to nothing. God knows what He is doing every minute of every day. - Elisabeth Elliot

Cannot

We cannot pray in love and live in hate and still think we are worshipping God. - A. W. Tozer

Through

The best way out is always through. - Robert Frost

Teaching

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. - Mark Van Doren

Learning

Children learn from anything and everything they see. They learn wherever they are, not just in special leaning places. - John Holt

Snow

If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life but still the same amount of snow. - Author Unknown