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Story: Pencil Parable

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box. There are 5 things you need to know, he told the pencil, before I send you out into the world, always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil … [Read more...]

Story: Lesson from Above

It was summer camp, and the counselor took his group of fourteen- and fifteen-year-old boys on a special outing to an arcade. When they went inside, there was a booth to buy tokens for the games. The boys came prepared with money and got in … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 499

Week Ending Friday, October 9, 2026 {quotes} Run to the rescue with love, and peace will follow. River Phoenix The capacity to learn is a gift. The ability to learn is a skill. The willingness to learn is a choice. Brian Herbert Be grateful … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 498

Week Ending Friday, October 2, 2026 {quotes} If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should not grow old. James Garfield We all have our time machines, don't we? Those that take us back are … [Read more...]

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Week Ending Friday, September 25, 2026 {quotes} If you pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. Denzel Washington My reason nourishes my faith, and my faith nourishes my reason. Norman Cousins I slept and dreamt … [Read more...]

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Week Ending Friday, August 21, 2026 {quotes} The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn To have been thought about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, … [Read more...]

Q-Card: Vol. 491

Week Ending Friday, August 7, 2026 {quotes} Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most. Jack Kornfield Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us, and see beauty in the ordinary things. Thomas Merton After … [Read more...]

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Week Ending Friday, July 17, 2026 {quotes} Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. Leo Buscaglia Embrace the sweetness life offers, it's the soul's favorite … [Read more...]

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Week Ending Friday, June 26, 2026 {quotes} Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour. Walt Whitman Nature is miracles happening at a much faster speed. Leibel Shmotkin The legal system can force … [Read more...]

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Week Ending Friday, June 12, 2026 {quotes} Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose instead of serving shame. Brene Brown Motherhood has taught me, over and over again, that my children are not here to complete me, prove me, or … [Read more...]