Inspiration

A minister in Florida lamented that it was difficult to get his message across to his congregation:

"It's so beautiful here in the winter," he said, "that heaven doesn't interest them." Then he added, "And it's so hot here in the summer that hades doesn't scare them!"

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadows."

- Helen Keller

It seems like every time our piano tuner John comes to our house, he scolds me for waiting too long between tunings. I agree with him that it should be done every six months, but I don't really think about it until the piano sounds off-key.

The last time he came over, I was on the defensive. "If you would send out a postcard reminder like the dentist does every 6 months," I declared, "I would make sure to call you for an appointment in a timely fashion."

Without hesitating, he replied, "OK -- from now on, when the dentist sends you a postcard, call me."

"Sometimes you won't know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory."

- Dr. Seuss