10 Great Quotes from Anne Frank

Anne Frank (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”

2. “A quiet conscience makes one strong!”

3. “Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery”

4. “Memories mean more to me than dresses.”

5. “I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”

6. “Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”

7. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”

8. “No one has ever become poor by giving.”

9. “Because paper has more patience than people. ”

10. “Whoever is happy will make others happy.”

Do you have other favorites?

Betsy and Laurie

Tell Us, Simone Weil

Does it Matter What We Read?

 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8

“He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know.”

— Annie Dillard (The Writing Life)

What are you reading today?  Is it worth putting into your mind? Does it even matter what we read?

Betsy and Laurie

Love

The fruit of the Spirit is Love – Galatians 5:22

Sometimes I come to my work with determination.  After all is it called work for a reason.  There is a lot to do. I make a list:

Finish Chapter Two.
Write 1500 words.
Rewrite yesterday’s work.

I stay in the chair. I set a timer. I give myself a talking to. I churn out my words.

Other days are different. I take time with God to center and feel my place as his instrument for the work. His love for me begins to overflow.  The words come. I connect with God and He connects me to the reader. The writing is a work of Love.

Here’s my new “To Do” list:

Love God.
Love the Reader.
Love the Work.

Both days are productive but the results are so different. On those days Love keeps me in the chair.

What keeps you in the chair?

Betsy and Laurie

“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.”— E.B. White

The Sound of Silence

 

Sometimes we just need to stop talking.

Sometimes we need to quiet the buzz of electronic gadgets around us.

Sometimes we need to turn off on the iPod.

Sometimes we need to embrace silence.

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.

Mother Teresa

 Then we can hear what me missed in the din of our day.

We hear birds outside.  We hear our own stories coming to mind.  We hear God’s whisper.

Be still and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

I think I’ll take a walk today.  How about you?  How do you find quiet?

Betsy and Laurie

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