Next time you meet someone, try asking, “How are you making the world a better place?” rather than the normal, “What do you do?

The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we’ve realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price.

Opportunity lies between your own two ears.

Have you ever noticed that even if God allows you to have a dream, you’re expected to work to make it happen?

If failure is not a possibility then winning is not so sweet.

A Prayer for Joy” Help me, O God, To listen to what it is that makes my heart glad And to follow where it leads. May joy, not guilt, Your voice, not the voices of others, Your will, not my willfulness, Be the guides that lead me to my vocation. Help me to unearth the passions of my heart That lay buried in my youth. And help me to go over that ground again and again Until I can hold in my hands, Hold and treasure, Your calling on my life. – Ken Gire, Windows of the Soul.

We’re also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I’ve tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.

As Thomas Merton put it, “A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying Him.

It’s easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.

Don’t be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action.