Reflections on every day living...............

Some thoughts are practical, some are simple, some are fun, but all are meant to make life richer and more rewarding.

* When you greet people, look them in the eye. When they speak, give them your attention.

* When someone speaks to you in anger, let your response be a soft answer.

* Learn how to receive a compliment.

* You can't always be on the giving end. When others give to you, receive it with as much grace and kindness as is being extended.

* Learn to laugh more - it's great medicine.

* Never need "a little more" in order to be content.

* Three things to remember about people: their names, their birthdays, a few of their favorite things.

* Find a place away from city lights and gaze into the heavens on a clear night.

* Call or send a card for no reason.

* If you don't need it, do without it if it means going into debt.

* Tithe - you can never out-give God.

* Let people know you appreciate them for who they are and not just what they do.

* Sing around the house. Church isn't the only place to praise the Lord.

* Fix a special meal, served on special china, for no special reason.

* The best time to treat anything that needs maintenance is "right now."

* Never allow what you possess to possess you.

* Return the thing you borrow in better condition than you receive it.

* Don't ever forget to return the things you borrow, fix the things you break, pay the bills you owe, take care of the things you own.

* If you are not sure what to do in a given situation, ask, "What is the loving thing to do?"

* Take a class in music appreciation.

* Do something new with an old friend.

* Guard trust in any relationship.

* Don't ever lose heart - God will never give up on you.

* Never let your heart run out of thankfulness.

* One place to “be like Jesus” is behind the wheel of your car.

* Don't feel inferior to anyone. God made only one of you.

* When you do something, put everything you have into it.

* Don't carry around worry, fear or anxiety. They are the thieves of peace.

* Hold things with an open palm.

* Guard the company you keep. It will impact your behavior.

* Never quit giving the gift of your smile.
~meet me in the meadow