Catholic Fire The Seven Best Gratitude Quotes {*style:<b><i> Gratitude is an integral part of a spiriual practice </i></b>*} Experiencing and expressing gratitude is an important part of any spiritual practice. "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." - Marcel Proust "We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." - Thornton Wilder As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated. -- WIlliam James "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." - Epictetus About The Author Visit my website: or my other blog marinpsychologist.blogspot.com
Rare Historical Photos Pt. 4 [18 Pics] Rare Historical Photos Pt. 4 [18 Pics] Oct 29 2012 Another roundup of the popular historical series of posts that we do. Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife on the day they were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Bill (Clinton) & Hillary playing volleyball in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. 1975. 106-year old Armenian woman protecting her home with an AK-47. 1990. The first photo upon discovery of Machu Picchu, 1912. A tornado that hit Carswell AFB on Sept 1, 1952 caused massive damage to most of the B-36 fleet. Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein at the Bohr-Einstein debates over quantum mechanics. Boing 707 doing a barrel roll. Johnny Cash performing for prisoners at Folsom Prison. Horten H. Star Wars set at lunchtime. Howard Hughes inside of the H-4 Hercules, more widely known as the “Spruce Goose”. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Times Square in New York, 1911. Steamboats in the Mississippi river, 1907. Train Derailment at Gare Montparnasse, Paris, France. 1895. Release of Windows 95. Oct 12 2012
Demon Possession and Mental Illness Does demon possession exist today? If so, should it be considered in the differential diagnosis of mental illness? Chris Cook offers some insights from a Christian perspective. Christians have held many different views on how we should apply New Testament accounts of demon possession (or 'demonisation') to the construction of a contemporary understanding of spiritual and mental disease. It is not possible here to provide a full coverage of this subject. Demythologisation Before giving consideration to the Gospel accounts of demonisation, it is interesting to reflect briefly on some of the general issues concerned here. When we consider Jesus' understanding of demons, however, it is really not satisfactory to suggest that He was limited by a lack of scientific knowledge. If mental illness and demonisation are not simply different names for, or different models of understanding of. the same thing, then we are left then with two possibilities. References Article written by Chris Cook
A Little Inspiration Goes a Long Way, Pick Some =) Almost middle of the week, If you are feeling down (even a little) then you have landed on the right page. Enjoy the inspiring quotes collection and cheer up How Do You Catch Someone Who Is Stealing Stuff from Your Office?! « Fresh 102.7 Do you have this problem? You probably have a cubicle, right? One morning, you come in and things are missing! This happens to us every single day… people walk into our office (which is a small space the three of us share and doesn’t have a lock) when we aren’t here and start snacking on our food! We have pretzels, Twizzlers, cashews, Girl Scout cookies and other generally not-so-healthy food. Suddenly, you go to open the Thin Mints and there is one cookie left in the sleeve. So we decided to call our favorite private eye and find out what kind of trap we could set for them. Judd Bank from CPI Investigations has helped us in the past with our private investigation needs, so we called him up to find out how to find the food offender. Have you ever had personal items go missing in your office? –Kim Berk, Fresh 102.7 Contact the Jim & Kim Show:
50 Quotes to Inspire the Dreamers of 2011 1. "Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Louis Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein." ~H. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 45. 47. 48. 49. 50.
(98) Wall Photos 25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions 405 Flares Facebook 137 Twitter 5 Google+ 194 StumbleUpon 1 Pin It Share 68 68 405 Flares × A question that makes you think is worth asking… At the cusp of a new day, week, month, or year, most of us take a little time to reflect on our lives by looking back over the past and ahead into the future. Remember, these questions have no right or wrong answers. Here’s a sample of 25 recent thought questions posted on the site: Few extra questions Thank you for visiting, we hope you find our site, enjoyable, informative and educational. The Awakening The Awakening (Author unknown) A time comes in your life when you finally get…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out…ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying and blaming and struggling to hold on. Then, like a child quieting down after a tantrum, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes. This is your awakening. You realize it’s time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change, or for happiness, safety and security to magically appear over the next horizon. You realize that in the real world there aren’t always fairy tale endings, and that any guarantee of “happily ever after” must begin with you…and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance. You awaken to the fact that you are not perfect and that not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are…and that’s OK. You learn to open up to new worlds and different points of view.