Thought of the Week: Beautiful Compensation
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that No man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that No man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
Every evening, I turn my worries over to God. He’s going to be up all night anyway.
Love grows by giving.The love we give is the only love we keep.
Be Kind,For everyone you meet,Is fighting a hard battle.
The miracle is this:The more we share,The more we have.
Dear God,Be good to me;The sea is so wide and my boat is so small. Click to see (and optionally order) cards, shirts and mugs
Anyone can give up,It’s the easiest thing in the world to do.But to hold it togetherWhen everyone else would understandIf you fell apart,That’s true strength.
The 3 things we crave most in life, happiness, freedom & peace of mind, are always attained by giving them to someone else. The 3
Strength is not in our muscles.
It is in our soul and spirit.
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There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. (Fredrick W. Cropp)
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If you couldn’t see your mashed potatoes, you probably wouldn’t eat them. That’s why what “The Red Plate Study” found was astonishing! Alzheimer’s patients eating from red plates consumed 25 percent more food than those eating from white plates. Find out why.
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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