A Few New Observations

Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful."




"While sins can be committed by thought, word or action, good deeds are usually confined to thought."




"There are several ways to become an expert, self-appointment being the most common."




"No man worships a God better educated than he is."




"It’s curious how many Americans who claim to know the mind of the Creator don’t know where He put France."




"There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject."




"What we learn in our formative years is critical, which is why, at 73, I try to keep learning."




It is easier, sometimes, to live with the remorse of a promise not kept than the loneliness of a promise never made."




"There are days when you’d just like to enter the world of your child’s imagination and never come back."




"Eventually you find out that Santa was really your dad, and the Easter Bunny was really your mom, and you spend the rest of your life trying to figure out who God really was."




"In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy."




~~ Robert Brault

Mid-March Maunderings

"God is not only all-knowing but all-not-telling."


"Called to do good, I protest that I am but one person.  Tempted to do evil, I reckon that one person should be sufficient."


"I like friends who, when you tell them you need a moment alone, know enough not to stray too far."


"What good is love if you never ask anything of it?"


"I don't hate anyone.  The only people I know well enough to hate, I love."


"Some see it as risking betrayal, disappointment and ingratitude.  Others see it as faith, hope and charity."


"Today, befriend a stranger, or if you feel up to more of a challenge, befriend a loved one."


"It is a safe bet that someone who tells you you need to calm down has never actually seen you when you needed to calm down."


"So often the end of a love affair is death by a thousand cuts, so often its survival is life by a thousand stitches."


"Though we often wonder why God does what He does, we can be pretty sure He does it on better information."


"Every kid tries to find out how much he can screw up and still have mom blame herself."


"Until you confess your sins publicly, you have no idea how much people don't care."


~~ Robert Brault

Celebrating Three Years

Today is the third anniversary of this blog, so I thought I'd break the sabbatical, if only to archive my most recent Twitterings. 


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"You think you don't care, until you meet some kid who thinks nobody cares."


"What a snapshot is to your life, your life is to eternity, so wouldn't it be nice if eternity captured you smiling?"


"It takes a while, but eventually you realize that limiting your horizons to your own selfish interests limits your horizons."


"One shudders to think, which is why so many have given up thinking."


"The best way to dispel negative thoughts is to require that they have a purpose."


"Perchance God will pity a race that sought the better angels of its nature and found only its lesser demons."


"The trouble with politicians debating each other is that there isn't any subject that's any of their business."


"There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets."


While debating the question, "What is love?", yield to all desperate desires to make someone happy.


"The three great milestones of a child's life are leaning to walk, learning to talk and learning to get Nick Jr all by himself."


~~ Robert Brault