The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted

The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.

I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world.

Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind ... but we won’t break.

I wonder if we might pledge ourselves to remember what life is really all about—not to be afraid that we're less flashy than the next, not to worry that our influence is not that of a tornado, but rather that of a grain of sand in an oyster! Do we have that kind of patience?

When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.

The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.