Sometimes remembering the outstanding actions or words of another is the best way to reconnect both heart and mind to the inexhaustible well of inner strength. So doing allows you to put matters into perspective, to gain either altitude or distance from the challenge you face or the problem with which you are wrestling. William …
Tag: Robert Louis Stevenson
The Seeds You Plant
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson The harvest you reap is a thing of the past. You cannot do much about your harvests, apart from handling them with the fullness of dignity available to you. You do, however, have complete control …
Light through the Keyhole
Summer Sun by Robert Louis Stevenson Great is the sun, and wide he goes Through empty heaven with repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than rain he showers his rays. Though closer still the blinds we pull To keep the shady parlour cool, Yet he will find a chink or two …
The Seeds That You Plant
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out." ~ Art Linkletter Any fool can bemoan his circumstances. More noble is the man who, in every conceivable situation, makes the best of the occasion. In fact, those most remembered for their positive influence in human history …
You Are What You Plant
The measure of a man is established in the quality of his sowing. Great men make exceptional use of anything that comes their way while men who have not yet discovered their greatness are productive during the good times and filled with despair during the bad.
Gregory Hake 