Sunday Sermonette

 "Fate vs free will?  I've heard it described this way.  At birth we are given the pieces to a jigsaw puzzle with a picture on the box.  We don't have to construct that picture, but we do have to use the pieces given to us."

Sunday Sermonette

 "One thing certain about anyone you think has had an easy life is that they are not personally aware of it."

Sunday Sermonette

  "It is hard to respond to ignorance, since it rarely has any questions."

 

Friday Flyer

 "One thing pretty certain about Judgment Day is that it will be the first time you are judged by someone who knows the whole story."

Friday Flyer

 Seems there is always some line from "Casablanca" that rings true to our times.  The line perhaps most relevant today....

"I was misinformed."

Thoughtful Tuesday

 "The promise to love forever is always based on the barest sampling of love and the tiniest glimpse of forever."

Weekend Wildcard

 "The time machine I dream of would not merely travel backward and forward.  It would have a button for lingering in the moment."

Friday Flyer

 "I have been alone in a crowd and, in fact, have many times sought a crowd for that purpose."

"Alone in Crowd" - shuttlestock.com

Weekend Wildcard

 "A long marriage is a growing list of subjects about which no further discussion is required."

Thursday Tickler

 "There comes a time in life when you just wish Opportunity would stop bothering you."

"Peaceful Place" Ken Devine at kendevineart.com

Thoughtful Tuesday

 "There are times in a lasting relationship when the band plays, but mostly you dance to a remembered tune."

Wednesday Wildcard

 "The purpose of education is not merely to eradicate ignorance but to eradicate certainty in all its forms."

Thoughtful Tuesday

 "We speak of creating happy memories, only to discover that all memories are sad.  It is only a question of whether the sadness is bitter or sweet."

Monday Musing

 "If you would find a truly contented person in this world, it would likely be someone no one thinks to envy, who seeks no attention, invites no comparison, whose contentment is their own private business."

Monday Musing

 "There is nothing that quite draws us to another human being like the discovery that we have the power to make them happy."

Thoughtful Thursday

 "One of life's more certain regrets is letting a relationship be ruined by something you both wish had never happened."

Wednesday Wildcard

 "A toast to friendship -- to the good friend, for whom your virtues compensate for your failings, and the best friend, for whom your failings compensate for your virtues."