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May 25th, 2013
Avoid popularity if you would have peace. — Abraham Lincoln

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Today, concentrate less on being popular and more on your inner peace through prayer.



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December 2nd, 2011
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. — Dolly Parton

Bring a hopeful word to someone’s rainy day.…
December 1st, 2011
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. — Christopher Reeve

Think of someone in your life in need — don’t just be a hero for them, be a superhero.…
November 30th, 2011
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up. — Anne Lamott

Working forward, moving forward — Advent is about anticipation, not procrastination. Pick something you’re procrastinating and just do it.…
November 29th, 2011
I had all the presents back at my apartment, I was halfway through wrapping them, and I realized, “Damn, I used the wrong wrapping paper.” The paper I used said, “Happy Birthday.” I didn’t want to waste it, so I just wrote “Jesus” on it. — Demetri Martin

Keep in mind whose birthday we’re looking forward to, and donate a toy to a charity like Toys for Tots or to a gift program at your local parish.…
November 28th, 2011
I try to believe like I believed when I was five, when your heart tells you everything you need to know. — Lucy Liu

Remember what it was like to be a kid and play a game with a friend.…
November 27th, 2011
There’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for. — Sam, in The Lord of the Rings

Read/watch/listen to at least one news story that is hopeful or that talks about someone doing something to bring good into the world. Then share that story with a friend.…
November 26th, 2011
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. — Albert Einstein

Today, take time out to recognize all of life’s miracles despite how subtle or small they may seem.…
November 25th, 2011
[If thinking men] would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions as much as is supposed. — Thomas Jefferson

What thought about faith are you silent on?…
November 24th, 2011
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle

Today, instead of focusing on how others can improve themselves, tackle a problem of the self.…
November 23rd, 2011
I consider prayer above all an act of gratitude for existence. — Saul Bellow

Today, thank someone in your life.…
November 22nd, 2011
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. — C.S. Lewis

Set a goal that you can reach by the end of today.…
November 21st, 2011
At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at our disposal… It is in everybody, and if we could see it we would see these billions of points of light coming together in the face and blaze of a sun that would make all the darkness and cruelty of life vanish completely. — Thomas Merton

Try and see God in the next person you come across.…
November 20th, 2011
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. — Reggie White

Today, do something to help lessen someone else’s load.…
November 19th, 2011
“People need to be made more aware of the need to work at learning how to live because life is so quick and sometimes it goes away too quickly.” — Andy Warhol

Reflect on what makes you feel alive.…
November 18th, 2011
For those called to seek the kingdom of God… the quest for peace is never optional. — Joseph Lowery

Say a prayer of peace today for a conflict in your life.…
November 17th, 2011
Jesus has a very special love for you. [But] as for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great, that I look and do not see, — Listen and do not hear — the tongue moves [in prayer] but does not speak… I want you to pray for me — that I let Him have [a] free hand. — Mother Teresa (to her spiritual confidant, Rev. Michael van der Peet)

Where in your life do you feel spiritually empty? Pray to see this as a dark night of the soul that is strengthening your faith.…
November 16th, 2011
When you pray, move your feet. — African proverb

Do something today about something you’ve been praying about.…
November 15th, 2011
Family life is full of major and minor crises — the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce — and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It’s difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul. — Thomas Moore

Today, let go of a crisis from your past; if that’s not possible, pray for the willingness to do so.…
November 14th, 2011
You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow. — Jack Black

Today, put a look on your face that will make someone smile.…
November 13th, 2011
I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I’d rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might-have-been has never been, but a has was once an are. — Milton Berle

Look for an opportunity to do something tangible today.…
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