Quote of the day

"The beauty of God is as an everlasting rose, never fading, nor ceasing to emit the comforting aroma of love." There is an unmistakable beauty in the essence of God. There is love that doesn't fade, with the adoption of the human family in His presence.

"To let the embers of life burn in the heat of today, yields a cool and peaceful tomorrow. " The furnace of today brings forth the beautiful pottery of tomorrow.

"Anything that is completely true cannot be fantasy; anything that is completely fantastic can't be true. " Truth itself has only actual reality as its established existence. This leaves no room for fantasy. If something is completely fantastic, that leaves no room for purity of truth, the actuality of being real.

"Anybody who does not follow the right path will be destroyed by it." Following the correct path sharpens the one who travels it; a person who doesn't follow it will have the path to overcome their journey.

"Truth and Justice are wed, bearing forth the child of Righteousness. " Righteousness is the flowing together of the rivers of truth and justice. Justice rests with the truth; truth bears witness to justice, which leads to righteousness.

"We must have our eyes and ears focused on the truth, rather than being blinded and deafened by falsehood. " The truth opens blinded eyes, so that they can see. It also opens deafened ears, so that they can hear. Falsehood blinds seeing eyes, so that they cannot see; falsehood also deafens hearing ears, so that they cannot hear.

"Each age has its own victories and defeats; God has many places for one to go, but only one place to rest." Every season in life is inhabited with both ups and downs. Within each season there is transition. There are new places to go, and new things to do. After all seasons, there is a place of rest which all should seek to go to.

"One should not ask whether something is easy or hard, but whether it's wrong or right. " Easy doing is often wrong doing; often times hard doing is right doing. The difficulties of life sometimes require one to travel a hard road. Doing it easy may not be a viable option, for it would not yield desirable results.

"With the dream of wealth becoming a reality, brings fake friends; with the dream of happiness becoming a reality, brings real joy." Material wealth is only a tool to procure physical possessions. With this attainment, comes the attractant of "friends" who wish to partake in the pleasures of wealth. Happiness is an enabling emotion, not gained through physical possessions, but internal satisfaction. This, in turn, may lead to real joy.

"No one may create out of darkness without giving reverence to the light. " Darkness gives witness to the light - there can be no darkness unless there is also light. Creation out of darkness simply manipulates contents of the light, which were already there; if light were not there, it couldn't be manipulated in the first place.

"Good ushers in the way for more good; evil ushers in the way for more evil." As a source is good, it produces that which it is made of, good. As a source is evil, it produces that which it is made of, evil. A good man or woman produces good; an evil man or woman produces evil.

"Nothing worth getting gets easily. " Everything that is worth doing will be difficult. The terrain of life fortifies brave soldiers who fight to accomplish life.

"Whatsoever is good is also true." The nature of goodness is wrapped in the package of truth. By definition, goodness is truth and truth, goodness. The good human also walks in truth.

"Words without action are words without power." Words spoken toward a given purpose that are not backed up by action yield no fruit. Words with action bear much fruit and give power and meaning to the words expressed.

"Life is a lot of things, but one thing it's not is certain." Events occur in life that are unexpected, both good and bad. One must be strong during the bad times and joyous during the good.

"Life is an open market. Shop intelligently." There are many choices in life; decisions must be made. In considering life's choices, one must choose intelligently, weighing the options, then doing what's best.

"Every agent or idea will migrate toward either negative or positive change."Ideas form the basis for action. The agent, or person is the director of that action. That action, fueled by idea(s) may be either negative or positive.

"Sight is for seeing, but vision is for progress. " To see is to simply witness with the eyes; to have vision is to manifest a plan of action for the improvement of your life and others.

"Don't let your appetite be your master, but let the Master tame your appetite. " The human being, left alone, will create their own destruction. Their  natural appetite of evil actions can only harm. With the Master's touch, their appetite will be under control, allowing for a fruitful life.

"God works when I do - and when I don't. " Attempting the feat of not leaving God out of the equation of life could seem laudable, but sometimes I do. God works regardless. He is ever on the mission of caring for all humanity and will never stop.

"Don't be unrighteous to do wrong, but be righteous to do right. " As an American forebear, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr said, "The time is always right to do right."

"Love is the course of men, and it sustains their souls within." Love is the key that unlocks the door to the heart.  It sustains humanity, and conquers the enemy of fear.

"Accept the truth, or you will not be acceptable. " The truth stands firm, without need of help; it is unchanging and everlasting. To accept the truth is to become a partaker in its benefits. Acceptance leads to knowledge one otherwise was not aware of. This awareness and acceptance leads to a life that is rewarding and acceptable.

"Believe; speak into existence; experience. " A belief of the desire makes a possibility of the desire. To speak of one's desire, believing, captures the essence of the desire, after which, the desire is made manifest in one's life.

"See what others cannot see; do what others will not do, and you'll be counted among the few." To set oneself apart from the mediocre, one must engage in activity that goes beyond the measure. This individual must strive to push themselves to embark upon the path of greatness to improve planet earth.

"The past lives in the present. " History is a continuum; the past is linked to the present, and the present is linked to the future.

"Anyone who ignores the truth is doomed to live a lie." Ignorance lives in the abode of falsehood; those who ignore the truth live in false circumstances.

"The visible bows before the invisible. " The invisible truth creates visible reality. The visible reality cannot create the invisible; every visible thing is subject to the invisible.

"Watch what you chase - you may catch it - or it may catch you." If one chases, one desires; if one catches what he has chased, one may find that it is actually undesirable. Instead of them catching it, it has caught them.

"The poor and despised have been left out of life's equation, and that just doesn't add up. " Those who need the most help are often given the least help. Those who need the least help are often given the most help. This creates unbalance and destroys the integrity of any society. To help the poor and despised is to help yourself; to not help them is to despise both yourself, and them also.