Spiritual Thoughts

  L aughter is the best way to make somebody's heart beat . ~ Robert Holden A happy heart is good medicine and a cheeful mind works healing. ~ Proverbs 17:22 (Amplfieid

  Friday Tale ~ Bring Chips A  little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with a bag of potato chips and a six-pack of root beer and started his journey.  When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old man. He was sitting in the park, just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old man looked hungry, so he offered him some chips. He gratefully accepted it and smiled at him.  His smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer. Again, he smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.  As twilight approached, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave; but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old man, and gave him a hug. He gave him...

  I f you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~ Dalai Lama S o, as those who have been chosen by God,  put on a heart of  compassion , kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. ~ Colossians 3:12

  H appiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, whole-heartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation. ~ William H. Sheldon T he hope of the righteous is gladness, BUT the expectation of the wicked perishes. The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright. ~ Proverbs 10:28-29

   H appy is entirely up to you and always has been. ~ Janette Rallison R ejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! ~ Philippians 4:4

I f you have the chance to  make people happy, just do it. Sometimes people are struggling silently. Maybe your act of kindness   can make their day.   ~ Unknown   D o not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. ~ Proverbs 3:3

  L et us be grateful to the people who make us happy;  they are the charming gardeners who make our lives blossom.  ~ Marcel Proust   M ay the Lord cause you to increase and over flow in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you. ~ 1 Thessalonians 3:12

  Friday Tale - Acceptance   H ere are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life: *    Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue. *    Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. *    Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "Recalled" by their maker. *    If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. *    If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, It was probably worth it. *    It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others. *    Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on. *    Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. *    When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. *    Birthd...

  H e who avoids complaint  invites happiness. ~ Abu Bakr   D o all things without grumbling or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world. ~ Philippians 2:14-15

  Friday Tale - Find the Good Humor   K atie was a young woman with a great, big problem. She was a teenager dying of leukemia. Katie's mother wrote to me and told me how her daughter approached her disease. She told about a time, shortly after a bone marrow transplant, when Katie's head was “slickly bald,” as she put it. One day Katie heard the doctor coming on rounds and ducked into the bathroom. Her mother heard her giggling and asked, "Katie, what is so funny?"     She put her finger to her lips, pulled a Nike ski cap onto her head and crawled into bed.     When the doctor came in, she said, "Well, Miss Katie! How are you feeling today?"     Katie frowned and said, "I am OK, I guess... but I just have this splitting headache." She pulled off her ski cap and there on her bald head was a huge red crack, which she had drawn with a marker. As the doctor recovered from her initial shock, the room exploded in la...

  Y ou do not have the power to make life "fair," BUT you do have the power to make live joyful. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing. ~ Proverbs 17:22

T he secret to a joyful life is Simplicity - saying NO to the latest this and the most glamorous that - saying NO to chasing an overly- demanding career - saying NO to the stressful demands upon your time and energy. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie H appy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God.  ~ Psalm 146:5

T hings don't have to be good     for you to be great. ~Noah BenShea  H appy are you when people insult you and tell    all kinds of evil lies against you because you are    my followers. Be happy and glad, for a great       reward is kept for you in heaven.  ~Matthew 5:11-12 (GNB

The fact that you are even here, alive,   on this planet is a mathematical miracle,     and you should not spend the time that       you have being busy being miserable. -Philip DeFranco  Happy is the man that finds wisdom,      and the man that gets understanding.   -Proverbs 3:13 (KJV)