Peace, like every other rare & precious thing, doesn't come to you, you have to go and get it.
-Faith Forsyte
May2
Go outside to the fields, enjoy nature & and the sunshine.
-Anne Frank
May3
The world can be a hash place which is why you must soften its edges.
-Beth Mendy Conny
May4
Pepper calls attention to itself, that is its business. Salt, on the other hand (unless it is overdone), calls attention to what it salts.
-Kenneth L. Wilson
May5
The whole thing boils down to giving ourselves in prayer a chance to realize that we have what we seek. We don't have to rush after it. It was there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.
-Thomas Merton
May 6
The ways to God are many. They appear when we are ready for them and when our faithfulness has shown we can live with the consequences of further growth.
-John Punshon
May7
In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
-Psalm 56:11
May8
Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other--it doesn't matter who it is--and that will help you grow in greater love for each other.
-Mother Teresa
May9
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
-Mark Twain
May 10
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
-Swedish Proverb
May 11
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
-Dale Carnegie
May 12
Work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching.
-Anonymous
May13
Happiness is a journey; not a destination.
-Anonymous
May14
For a long time, it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacles in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
-Alfred D. Souza
May 15
Love alone is what gives value to all things.
-St. Teresa of Avila
May 16
Respect the elders and love the young...if you have a disagreement with someone, make peace with them before the sun goes down. Finally, and importantly, never lose hope in God's mercy.
-Rule of St. Benedict
May17
We have to forgive each other...for being so infinitely less than we ought to be. We have to learn to give where we had hoped to get and to understand where we had hoped to be understood.
-Harld Loukes
May 18
Be like the birds, sing after every storm.
-Beth Mundy Conny
May 19
Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.
-Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
May20
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."
-John 14:6
May 21
The moment you realize you are worrying, make very quickly an act of confidence:
"No Jesus, are you there:
Nothing-nothing happens, not a hair falls from our heads,
Without your permission,
I have no right to worry."
-Father Jean d'Elbee ("I Believe in Love")
May 22
Courage and grace are a formidable mixture.
-Marlene Dietrich
May 23
The Lord himself will fight for you; you have only to keep still.
Exodus 14:14
May24
Everybody can be great because everybody can serve. You only need a heart full of grace.
-Martin Luther King, Jr
May 25
Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst.
-John 4:14
May26
A suffering man often imagines that he is of no account in the sight of God; but when he is unable to pray or perform good works, his sufferings and desires afford him a deeper insight into the divine than is vouchsafed to a thousand healthy men.
-St. Albert the Great
May27
If you wish to be perfect, go sell what you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven. Then come follow me.
-Matthew 19:21
May 28
There is nothing more powerful than a person praying well.
-St. John Chrysostom
May 29
To those who believe, no explanation is necessary.
To those who do not believe, no explanation is possible.
-Franz Werfel, The Song of Bernadette
May30
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect His will really is.
-Romans 12:2
May 31
It is not the sinner who comes back to God to ask His pardon, but God Himself who runs after the sinner and who brings him back to Himself.
Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God and, trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you...I will come back and take you with me so that you may be where I am going.
