ON TODAY'S SITE:

Mary Manin Morrissey, Wayne Teasdale, Katherine Paterson,
John Wooden, Melody Beattie, Gilda Radner, Book of Psalms
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Budapest, Hungary      Photo by Lisa Bowman     All rights reserved


Our discontent is actually a gift of spirit. It is the backside of the
dream, the part of us that is held back at this moment... Honoring
that discontent is the doorway into the next dimension of life.

- Mary Manin Morrissey
Author of "Building Your Field of Dreams"



...(T)he positive side of frustration and discontent is the beginning
of discovering your dream. It is a sign that the deeper aspects
of who you are need to find a vehicle to actualization in your life.
Whether the frustration you feel is related to a talent you have that
lacks an outlet, a vision you have of where you want to be, or some
creative project you can't quite get started on, you have to listen to
your discontent because it is, as Mary tells us, "a gift" we give our-
selves or the Divine gives us to move us forward in realizing our
dream. We should listen to the voice of our discontent when it
arises and allow it to clarify our dreams for us...


Excerpted from "The Mystic Hours,"
by Wayne Teasdale
New World Library, 2004

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What a gift of grace to be able to take the chaos from
within and from it create some semblance of order.


Katherine Paterson
Children's author

Quote from "Grace,"
Edited by B. C. Aronson,
Random House, 2006

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.


John Wooden (1910 - )
Legendary college basketball coach




    Photo by Chuck Bowman       All rights reserved



...Yes, it may seem that the change has been slow.
At times, change is grueling. Yes, we've taken steps
backward. But we're right where we're supposed
to be. We're right where we need to be.

And we have come so far.

Sometimes by leaps, sometimes with tiny steps,
sometimes kicking and screaming all the while,
sometimes with sleeves rolled up and white
knuckles, we've learned. Grown. Changed.

Look how far we've come.


Excerpted from "The Language of Letting Go,"
by Melody Beattie
Hazelden, 1990


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Life is about not knowing, having to change,
taking the moment and making the best of it
without knowing what's going to happen next.


Gilda Radner (1946-1989)
American comedian (died of ovarian cancer)