Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.
Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen.
On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school.
Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement.
"Guess what Mom," he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me: "I've been chosen to clap and cheer."
You can't change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.
It was a difficult subject to bring before his aged mother, but John felt that he must.
"The value of persistent prayer is not that God will hear us, but that we finally hear Him."
"A flower does not think about competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."