Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

…what we really need is not to satisfy our wants or presume that we don’t need God in our lives, but to learn that we can only be safe under the protection of God who is our Mother and Father, our Saviour and our Friend.

Praise is the salt that seasons right to man and whets his appetite for moral good.

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna Day 10 – Saturday after 1st Sunday of Lent To Read: Anna had bypassed all the non-essentials and distilled centuries of learning into one sentence – ‘And God said love me, love them, and love it, and don’t forget to love yourself.’  The whole business of adults going… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 10

…people are drawn to do right by being praised when they do it, rather than driven by being blamed when they do not.

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna Day 9 – Friday after 1st Sunday of Lent  To Read: Mum and Anna shared many likes and dislikes; perhaps the simplest and the most beautiful sharing was their attitude towards Mister God.  Most people I knew used God as an excuse for their failure.  ‘He should have done… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 9

But apart from the fault-finding which has a definite aim, how much is there that does not profess or intend or try to do anything more than give vent to an irritated state of feeling.

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna Day 8 – Thursday after 1st Sunday of Lent  To Read: So many times she would stop just in front of me and hold out her closed hands.  I learned rapidly what to expect on these occasions.  It meant that she had found something that had moved her.  We would… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 8

Nothing that is really evil can ever be suppressed, it must be supplanted by something better.