My Saviour and Me

"My Savior sees me as worth working for, shouldn't I strive to do the same?

My Savior made the choice to atone for me with the complete and perfect knowledge of every single defect I have... When I approach Him, He meets me where I am.

... these two concepts are critically important to me because they help me begin to grasp what unconditional love is all about.

...my job is to dust myself off when I stumble, reach out and take my Savior's hand, treat myself gently and continue to walk my path.

Just because my fellows are hurling angry, hostile words my way doesn't mean I'm exempt from my Savior's commandment to love others as myself.

... remember we do a lot better as disciples of our Savior when we focus a little more on our own salvation and a little less on everyone else's sins."

Mitch Mayne http://www.wheatandtares.org

At Our Peril

"We ignore the realities of our history at our peril."
"Great things can happen when preparation meets opportunity."
"If you try, if you keep trying, you can punch through."

Backstory - The History of Mormon Film

Present Stories

"Our stories may not be pleasant as they're being lived.  They can in fact be just the opposite, acquiring a warm hue only in retrospect."

Jennifer Senior

That Bridge of Forgiveness

"Start building that bridge of forgiveness even when the waters of disappointment and anger are still flowing underneath." -Steve Arterburn on Joyce Meyer Ministries

Pain

"Pain is a gift that forces us to do good things for ourselves..."
Doreen Virtue, PhD

Guilt

"Guilt is a messy and confusing emotion to handle and it refuses to go away.  It lowers our self-esteem, gnaws away at our sense of strength and alienates us from other people and sometimes it festers away for years and years.  It makes you defensive."

Faith for Daily Living - Tape Aids for the Blind South Africa

Problem

"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."
Duke Ellington

When there is a loadshedding or blackout - enjoy the quiet and reach for your candles and lamps.

When you are planted in a a place that it is difficult to be who you are,
do your best to be who you are anyway!

I was in the parking lot outside Pick 'n Pay Princess crossing where a whole row of neighbouring shops was burnt recently. 
The car-guard was singing quietly
"This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine;
this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. 
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine;
let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!"

Yeah man!

First-rate Intelligence

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hope...

"We hope for a people and a nation in which democracy is made a wonderfully realizable possibility in a pluralistic culture where people bring together a whole variety of life experiences. We hope for a society which is just and free."
Church of the Province of South Africa Minister

That's Life...

"That's life isn't it? We have to learn to balance the joy and the difficulties."
Samantha Page

Life Lessons

"...life Lessons are concealed in life experiences."
Bonolo Ramaja

The Past

"You have to reflect on the past and leave it there. Live in the now and focus on how you can make it lead to a future you want."
Sharlotte Mkansi

Untrained Eye

"The untrained eye sees only harsh desolation."
National Geographic "Into the Wilderness" series - "Canyonlands" episode

Washed By Our Tears

"Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while so that we can see Life with a clearer view again."
Alex Tan

Conflict

"The quality of our lives depends not on whether we have conflicts, but on how we respond to them"
Thomas Crum

Oldness

"Oldness happens to all of us at times when we venture too far from the vital reality that is us.
We listen and care too much for what others think... With so many assaults, part of us simply gets old, becomes frail, and withers and dies.
The ageless are those who preserve the spirit of the child. They are inquisitive, curious and playful."
Steven K Baum PhD - "Growing Up at Any Age."

Simple Moments

"In a complicated life simple moments can be very healing."
Candice Derman

Survive

"It's always an advantage to be able to survive when others can't."
National Geographic

Playfulness

"Playfulness it at the core of creativity."
"I'm a lot more uncomfortable around people than people know."
"Go back to the past - even with fear... Come back from the past with pride."
Source unrecorded.

Said of Early Settlars

"They learnt to rely on the wealth and respect the limitations of the land around them."
Road to Zion - Hawaii