ON TODAY'S SITE:

Tim McGraw, Marcus Aurelius, Henri Nouwen, Og Mandino, Rabbi Nachman, Jonathan Swift
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Painting by Beth Vendryes Williams             All rights reserved


He said, "I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking 'bout the options
and talking 'bout sweet time."
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how's it hit you when you get that kinda news
man, what'd you do?

And he said,
"I went skydiving,
I went Rocky Mountain climbing,
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
And he said, "Someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying."


First verse and chorus: "Live Like You Were Dying,"
by Tim McGraw (1967 - )
American singer/songwriter and actor


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And you will give yourself relief, if you do
every act of your life as if it were the last.


Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
Roman emperor, Stoic philosopher

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Our life is a short opportunity to say "yes" to God's love.


Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996)
Dutch priest and prolific author





Painting by Beth Vendryes Williams       All rights reserved



Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were
going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care,
kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no
thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Og Mandino (1923-1996)
Speaker and inspirational author


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If a dead person were allowed to return to this world and
pray, you can be sure that he would pray with all his might.


Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810)
Founder of the Hasidic Breslov dynasty