“Eventually, competition and adventure wane, and I entered my ibuprofen phase. Tweaky hamstrings and achy knees restrict mileage, but I continue running for health, sanity and the ritual of a Sunday rail run with like-minded buddies. We discuss the nagging injuries that bedevil us, and remember the good old days when we were kings.” If … Continue reading
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The Sacrament of Marriage – Simone Signoret
“Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.”
The Sacrament of Marriage – Sir Bruce Forsyth
“The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don’t find very often, then that is what … Continue reading
Quote: Edith Wharton on the Seven Deadly Sins
“Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.” Please read my related post – Seven Deadly Sins are…? Vol. #3 Essay 5
Quote: W. H. Auden on Seven Deadly Sins
“All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction, is damnation.” Please read my related post – Seven Deadly Sins are…? Vol. #3 Essay 5
The Sacrament of Marriage – Enid Bagnold
“In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.”
Quote: Mahatma Gandhi on Positive Powerful Prayer
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” Please read my related post – Positive Powerful Prayer Vol. #3 Essay 2
Quote: Martin Luther on the Positive Power of Prayer
“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” Please read my related post – Positive Powerful Prayer Vol. #3 Essay 2
Quote: John Podhoretz on Pop Culture Poison
“Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.” Exactly! And radical, second-wave feminism has added tanker truck’s of fuel to the fire of social change. kqd Please read my related post – Pop Culture Poison Vol. #3 Essay 1
The Sacrament of Marriage – Nancy Pearcey
“We do not create marriage from scratch. Instead, in the elegant language of the marriage ceremony, we ‘enter into the holy estate of matrimony.’”