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.

Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna Day 7 – Wednesday after 1st Sunday of Lent To Read: …..no one fell under her spell more completely or willingly than me.  My work, which was in oils, was not more than five minutes’ walk away from home, so I was always home for dinner at about… Continue reading Finding our Middle – 40 Days with Anna – Day 7

Bear constantly in mind these two rules of thought before any speech or action – ‘Put yourself in another’s place’ and ‘Do as you would be done by.’