gratitude

     G. K. Chesterton wrote an imaginative poem about a man who wakes up to a day in this world.  He is not born into it, so he does…

     Once upon a time there was a single dad named Ernie, who had two kids in elementary school.  His ex-wife had abandoned the family, was nowhere to be…

     Many people complain that life is just not fair.  But actually, when you think about, that's a good thing.        The way to begin thinking about…

From The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale, 1952,  p. 20-22 (ed.):      A man 52 years of age consulted me.  He was in great despondency.  He said he…

July 4, 1939 Three score and seventeen years ago today, Lou Gehrig delivered the 'Gettysburg Address of Baseball,' perhaps the most famous speech in all the years of the game.…

Auschwitz Concentration Camp ---------------------------- The following three quotes are from Jewish survivors of  Nazi concentration camps.  They are quoted by Reeve Robert Brenner in his book The Faith and Doubt…

     One day, a professor entered the classroom and told his students he had a surprise test for them.  They all waited anxiously for the exam to begin.  The…