Category: A Father’s Guide to Wisdom
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Faith… Growing through Lived Patience
Inspiration Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent. Billy Graham A Father’s Guide to Wisdom What once was is now in the not so distant past. To be, or not to be, this is a source of true anxiety. Just be. Be present, now. Breathe…
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Love… A Mystery that Knows No Bounds
Inspiration The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. Mother Teresa Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama A Father’s Guide to Wisdom What would the world be like, if we shifted our focus to loving intent? How could that one…
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What Can We Do With a Little Faith?
Inspirational Quotes Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus We are here to add what we can to life, not…
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Universal Truths: The Heartbeat of Nature
Inspiration The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it. Wayne Dyer A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Universal truths exist. Yet, oftentimes they seem as infinite as there…
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We Are the Land of the Free, Because of the Brave
Inspiration Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. George Washington A Father’s Guide to Wisdom: Freedom is Hard Earned, not Learned. The beautiful thing about history… is it is already finished. There is nothing that can change in the past. It’s done and the lessons are there for those…
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What’s Your Faithful Intent: Conflict… Peace… and Inner Growth
Inspiration We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. Dalai Lama Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Francis of Assisi A Father’s Guide to Wisdom “You are what you eat…” My mother told me this as a young…
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Success – Don’t Speak… Just Act…
Inspiration There’s a way to do it better – find it. Thomas A. Edison You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Mama once said, “you are what you eat.” Maybe I should have called this one a Mama’s guide to wisdom. But I…
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To Let Go and Be
Inspiration We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Wisdom is gained by learning from…
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What’s Your Grateful Intent… Today, I Choose Loving Kindness…
Inspiration Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for. Zig Ziglar Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Martin Luther King, Jr. A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Ever…
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A Faithful Intent… Love… Peace… Serenity…
Inspiration I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. Martin Luther King, Jr. The most important thing in the world is family and love. John Wooden A Father’s Guide to Wisdom I do not often share about my spiritual life. This is because as a scientist, I am…
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Hope… Dream… Faith… Believe…
Inspiration We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King, Jr. Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Khalil Gibran Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Got Hope? Where did it…
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The Mystery of Now… Nurturing the Passion Within
Inspiration There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present. Bill Keane A Father’s Guide to Wisdom As a father, I want nothing more for my children than to…