We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to be used up, so that the older we get, the less life we have left. Life is the accumulation of wisdom, love and experience of people encountered and obstacles overcome. The longer we live, the more life we possess.

Why bad things happen to good people

People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.

In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to rejoice in another's happiness, and if we are wise enough to know that there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know, we can reenter paradise.

Our responding to life's unfairness with sympathy... may be the surest proof of all of God's reality.

We are here to change the world with small acts of thoughtfulness done daily rather than with one great breakthrough.