Tuesday, December 26, 2006

From Shepherds Abiding

Shepherds Abiding, by Jan Karon

Another sweet collage from a truth & grace-infused world.

--

He who has begun is half done.

- Horace

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second to look things in the face and know them for what they are."

- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Joe the Mechanic sez:

On Friday morning, my car guy dropped this pearl of wisdom on me:

People do what they want to do.
They make excuses for what they don't want to do.

That thought sure corresponds closely to my experience: as an observer, as a doer, and, of course, as an excuse maker.