Perhaps most of us have had the experience of trying too closely to follow another car; and soon we learn how hazardous and difficult it is, how tense and trying to drive at another person’s...
There comes to mind a phrase remembered from a childhood game of forfeits: “Heavy, heavy hangs over thy poor head.” If we were to emphasize the negative side of the passing scenes, all...
Sometimes, some event in our lives brings sharply into focus the swift traveling of time. It may be a birthday or some other anniversary which ties some happening of the past to the present, and...
Signing on the “dotted line” has come to be a symbol of entering into obligations—a symbol sometimes of getting into things that are not easy to get out of. Many have discovered that it...
Happiness is the most pursued thing in all the world. All men are looking for it, whether they know it or not. Our Founding Fathers knew its place and importance when they listed it along with life...
Repentance doesn’t appear to be very popular. Prophets have been made martyrs for proclaiming it; nations and peoples have died rather than do anything about it. But however unpopular or...
The New Year does not last long. And despite its festivities, it is somewhat sobering⎯sobering for many reasons, and in part because of some uncertainties. But sometimes we overemphasize...