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JBB's Musings |
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Never quitting
This applies to so many aspects of life: One of the biggest challenges in this or any age is to stick with the necessary changes we need to make and hold fast to the end. As important as beginnings are, the real test is in reaching the finish line, which requires perseverance for the long haul. Because we tend to turn things over to others--experts--we lose the opportunity to develop true self-sufficiency. [...] Going forward, we have to be willing to get past the idea stage and individually sweat the details, adjusting to unforeseen difficulties, and, above all, never quitting.Jules Dervaes Labels: Inspiration | Monday, October 27, 2008
Sakeji Ice Cream
My friend Linda posted a recipe for ice cream, which was a magnificent treat for Sunday lunch at boarding school. Labels: Recipes, Websites of worth | Sunday, August 10, 2008
Why I am here
As quoted on Magistra Mater: [After opinion is asked--and received--about their orders, a subordinate asks Major Whittlesey] "Why are you here?" ~ Major Charles Whittlesey in the DVD Lost Battalion Labels: Inspiration | Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Website recommendation
I've enjoyed reading Magistra Mater's weblog on occasion over the past few months. Carol writes well, relishes interesting books and the beauty of nature, and displays a sense of wisdom in her entries. I've appreciated her recent posts of excerpts from letters written by her mother to her father. When I first came across her site, Carol had just written an entry about her Plymouth Brethren roots, which caught my attention, having been raised at a PB boarding school. Labels: Websites of worth | Sunday, June 01, 2008
The ever-improving path
Sometimes the coincidence of conversations and seemingly random Web or book browsing is just too, well, coincidental. A quote from A Circle of Quiet: "Ever-improving"either the path itself or the effects of the path on the person climbing it. Labels: Inspiration, Websites of worth | Thursday, May 15, 2008
Path to Freedom in the news
For all three readers who still might stop by here occasionally, check out ABC Nightline tonight to see a story about Path to Freedom. Edit 5/16/08: The story may now be viewed online. Labels: Path to Freedom | Monday, March 10, 2008
Approved Unto God
"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, December 15. Labels: Inspiration | |