“There's a willow tree that stands by my river She holds me in her arms when I am cold. And we listen to the sounds Of the pebbles on the ground, And I know what it means to be old.”

“Most prayers are not really questions...and if we listen very closely, a prayer is often its own answer. ...We pray because we are here - not to change the world, but to change ourselves. Because it is when we change ourselves...that the world is changed.”

“We do not give thanks because we are happy.  We are happy because we give thanks."   --Douglas Wood”

“The heart that gives thanks is a happy one, for we cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time.The more we say thanks, the more we find to be thankful for.And the more we find to be thankful for, the happier we become.We don't give thanks because we're happy.We are happy because we give thanks.”

“All kind of marvelous things go on. I don't see how anyone who has looked, and seen,can do ought but say, ‘where I stand, wherever I stand,I am on holy ground.”

“I know perfection is one thing I will never achieve, but I will always make it my goal because this means I am always giving my all and working to improve”

“There's only one thing you can do: Toss your pebble in the river, watch it ripple, and know you have moved the ocean.”