Words

Words Pilate might have said to Christ, "You are charged with unlawful doing unto others as you would have them do unto you." 

Words you don't wish to have said at your memorial service:  "He was a person who, if he chased a butterfly, it would take him to the office."

Words picked up from outer space:  "Twinkle, twinkle, little star..."

Words from a graveside ceremony:  "Before I begin, please silence your cellphones."  Voice from inside the casket:  "Sorry."

Words overheard on Judgment Day:  "To begin with, I want to thank you all for your service."

Words overheard at my house:  "I don't crave recognition.  I like recognition.  I crave chocolate."

The Beauty of Forgiveness

"The beauty of forgiveness is that it requires only a forgiving party.  It does not require a party worthy of forgiveness." 

"To forgive the forgivable is merely justice, an accommodation of a reasonable mind.  To forgive the unforgivable is true forgiveness, an accommodation of a merciful heart.

Sparsely Sage...Rosemary...and Rhyme

 

"You only get one life, but you can't get through it as only one person."

"Of Time and Space I don't know much, 

But this I'm pretty sure of --

That both are things it doesn't hurt

To give someone a bit more of.

The Voice of Experience

You come to realize this about the satisfaction of growing old together -- that it is entirely a triumph of "together" over "growing old." 

Some New, Some Old

 There are few opportunities in life more exciting than meeting a beautiful person who has not yet been sufficiently informed of the fact.

What person of faith does not pray for certainty, as if the world needs fewer people of faith and more people of certainty.


A key element in the art of communication is the perfectly-worded glance.

You can look at it as traffic, or you can look at it as a convocation of people who, with varying degrees of resolution and determination, got themselves up, dressed and out the door this morning.

"Morning Commute" - vikingprogress.com

I have always enjoyed expressing myself through music.  My instrument?  My two hands applauding the band.


I have this dream.  It's Judgment Day and the Lord says to the assembled hopefuls, "I see what you have done to planet Earth.  Why exactly again would I want that done to Heaven?"


One thing I've observed, both in myself and others, is that you can be as good a person as a child mistakenly thinks you are.


The trouble with self-love is that it doesn't last, and rarely do you remain friends after the break-up.

Kind Words About Politics

"Political party -- where people of shared values form an allegiance and then proceed to sacrifice their values to the allegiance."

"A political party is like any other conspiracy  -- the people it conspires against think they are part of it."

"One reason for hope, I suppose, is that of the Seven Deadly Sins, only two -- Envy and Greed -- have organized politically."

A Speculation

 "What is the Book of Genesis, after all, but the story of how God created artificial intelligence, an intelligence that falls as far short of being divine as our robots fall short of being human."