Thought of the Moment

Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

- Rick Warren Read more

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

- Winston Churchill Read more

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy.

- Thich Nhat Hanh Read more

Self-confidence is not about how much you know and how much you've gained. It's about having trust in your ability to learn new information and find new ways. Feeling secure isn't about knowing you're safe on top of the mountain, it's about trusting in your ability to climb it again if you should fall.

- Emily Maroutian Read more

True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, it’s the refusal to acquire it.

- Jeff Booth, The Price of Tomorrow Read more

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.

- Milan Kundera Read more

Anyone can be nice, but not everyone is good-hearted. Know the difference and cherish those who are good-hearted. Read more

I'd always end up broken down on the highway.  When I stood there trying to flag someone down, nobody stopped.  But when I pushed my own car, other drivers would get out and push with me.  If you want help, help yourself - people like to see that.

- Chris Rock Read more

Haters hate because there's something missing within them or within their lives that they see in you. They believe they can't have it, and that causes negative emotion within them. If they believed they could have it too, they would be inspired by you to get it themselves. It would be a positive emotion. The fact that it brings out hate or jealousy is because they don't believe they can. Belief in possibility is the difference between jealousy and inspiration.

- Emily Maroutian Read more

When someone you know is so toxic and destructive that they are poisoning your life, you have to create some distance. They need you to walk away as much as you need it. People who are out of control desperately need to observe your healthy boundaries in-play to learn from your example. You best teach others about healthy boundaries by enforcing yours on them. There is a difference between giving-up and strategic disengagement. Know the difference. Learn how to let people go. Stop holding-on to the wrong people. Let them go on their own way; if not for you, then for them. Read more