Speaking Things Which They Ought Not June 13, 1971
Among the many human faults and failing there is one that seems peculiarly persistent, and that is gossiping – whispering, spreading rumors which travel like a wind-swept fire from ear to ear, and...
What We Give Our Children June 27, 1971
There is a sentence from an unnamed source which says, “We have been so anxious to give our children what we didn’t have that we have neglected to give them what we did have.”1...
How Much Is All This Worth?… July 4, 1971
Enough of Ups and Downs to Keep Us Humble July 11, 1971
Life is a great leveller. We all have problems, disappointments, sometimes sorrows, and enough of ups and downs to help to keep us humble. We’ve seen many happy and successful people, and some...
Be Good to Her--and Treat Her Like a Queen July 18, 1971
A grateful son, long happily married, told in one short sentence what his father had said when he confided in his later concerning his coming marriage to a lovely girl. This his father had...
Oh, to Discover Again the Beauty of What Is Near! July 25, 1971
There is much of fretfulness in life, of discontent, remembering often what we want, forgetting often what we have, and letting precious things become commonplace. We all go through these periods...
Arguing! Arguing! August 1, 1971
One of the most fruitless, irritating wastes in the world is arguing⎯the contentious, endless kind of arguing that is akin to quarreling, and causes feuding in families and among friends, and leaves...
Reliable Once in a While August 8, 1971
There is a thought from Confucius that touches upon the point of many personal and public problems. “A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless,” he said. In this there is much of...
Think Not, the Husband Gained, That All Is Done August 15, 1971
There is ever and always this matter of marriage⎯a subject that suggests quoting an old couplet: “…think not, the husband gained, that all is done: Think not the wife gained, that all is done;...
What We Say of Each Other August 22, 1971
Pascal said many things worth citing, among them this⎯which we hope is not as true as some of the other things he said: “…I hold it to be a fact,” he said, ” that if all persons...
If You Shouldn't Do It--Don't! August 29, 1971
To Those Who Keep Things Going September 5, 1971
There are many heroic, hardworking people who do much of the work of the world – who keep things going, who hold homes and families together, and somehow do what has to be done. Yet there are many...
Words as Hard as Cannon Balls September 12, 1971
Sir Walter Scott suggested a subject in a well phrased couplet: “Thoughts from the tongue that slowly part, Glance quick as lightening through the heart.”1 Whether slowly or quickly,...
When You Reach September September 19, 1971
There is something glorious yet sobering about the swift passing seasons⎯spring, summer, fall⎯and winter follows⎯and there is much we’ve done, much we might have done, much we should have done...
It Is Easier to Keep Up… September 26, 1971
There are some lessons in the passing seasons worth remembering from time to time, and one such is suggested in a sentence from a respected teacher who said: “It is easier to keep up than to...
Just for Today October 3, 1971
“Lord, for tomorrow and its needs, I do not pray,… Just for today.” In time of stress or sorrow, not infrequently we hear someone say, “I don’t know how I can face the...
You Are the Window… October 10, 1971
There is a remarkable sentence from George Bernard Shaw: “Better keep yourself clean and bright,” he said. “You are the window through which you must see the world.”1 As we...