“Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.” – Martin Luther King Jr. (20021113we)
Author: Greg Johnson
Greg Johnson is a freelance writer and tech consultant in Iowa City. He is also the founder and Director of the ResourcesForLife.com website. Learn more at AboutGregJohnson.com
Spiritual Beings
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” – Wayne Dyer (20021111mo)
Tobacco
“Tobacco kills more than 400,000 Americans a year. That’s more than suicide, traffic accidents, AIDS, murder, illicit drugs, and alcohol combined. But you won’t hear about that on the news.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
Tobacco
“Every 8 seconds the tobacco industry loses a customer . . . because they die.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
Tobacco Advertising
“Tobacco advertising is like peer pressure with a 15 million dollar a day budget.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
Judaism, Torah Thought
“Spiritual thoughts are nice, but they have a tendency to evade practicalities. Like butterflies slipping through reality’s net, like birds drawn upward in flight. A thought of Torah, however, waits above your head like a reservoir of living waters. As ethereal as it may be, it needs only a small opening to burst and pour… Continue reading Judaism, Torah Thought
Tobacco
“Cigarette smoke contains 101 poisons. That’s 100 more than rat poison.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
Democracy, Capitalism, Socialism, Dictatorship
“Democracy in a Capitalist Republic is like Socialism in a Communist Dictatorship. Neither are a possibility.” – Warren Masterson [source not confirmed] (20021107th)
Blame, Change
“When you blame others, you give up a perfect opportunity to change.” – Stephen R. Covey (20021006su)
Christianity, Christ Likeness
“If Christians would really live according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the Bible, all of India would be Christian today.” – Gandhi (20021005sa)
Becoming What We Focus On
“You know what I told you yesterday about making faces. If you go on making faces like Piglet’s you will grow up to look like Piglet — and then think how sorry you will be.” – Kanga to Roo, From Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest (20020928sa)
War
“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind…. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and… Continue reading War