Collecting Pearls

Good advice for everyday life

1. Keep life simple and love true.
2. Go often to the house of thy friend for weeds choke the untravelled path.
3. Seek the horizon.
4. We have to toil awhile, endure awhile, and never give up.
5. Don't sweat the small stuff.
6. Give people a second chance.
7. God's help is only a prayer away.
8. You are not ready to live unless you are ready to die.
9. Be brave be strong.
10. Share some good news.
11. Wish upon a star.
12. Take a moment to pray for someone in need.
13. Have no fear of tomorrow.
14. Live, laugh, and love your whole life long.
15. "Joy is a by-product of friendship, faith, and focus." -Brewer
16. Forgiveness is a gift that also benefits the giver.
17. Everything is within your reach.
18. a heart that seeks God finds Him.
19. Remember people are more important than things.
20. Be kind to animals.
21. This too shall pass.
22. Be kinder than necessary.
23. Take time to ask "How are you?" and listen well to the answer.
24. Choose your words wisely.
25. Be a blessing to others.
26. Return everything you borrow.
27. Where God resides, love abides.
28. Joy is a daily choice not a future hope.
29. Remember that friendship is a wise investment.
30. "God heals the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds." -Ps 147:3
31. It is never too late to have a fresh start with God.
32. Be earth-friendly.
33. Take good care of yourself.
34. Yesterday is gone.
35. When God's answer is negative, His reason is affirmative.
36. Remember you are special.
37. Be generous with praise.
38. Live a life of serenity, not regrets.
39. One day at a time.
40. To have a friend, be a friend.
41. Rejoice in the Lord.
42. Do't forget who your friends are.
43. Happiness adds and multiplies as we divide it with others.
44. Give thanks for all the blessings.
45. Don't be late!
46. God gives His best to those who leave Him the choice.
47. Accept that life isn't always fair.
48. God's promises are like stars, the darker it gets, the brighter they shine.
49. Don't take things too seriously.
50. Be fair.
51. Celebrate life.
52. Think or thwim.
53. Stop to think about today's blessings.
54. Don't hurry don't worry.
55. Live within your means and within your seams.
56. "Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius." -Mozart
57. Believe in yourself.
58. Your presence is a present to this world.
59. When all else fails, read the instructions.
60. Don't put limits to yourself.
61. Give.
62. If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy man, he will find an easier way.
63. Be too noble for anger.
64. Smile, it increases your face value.
65. Always think the best of others.
66. Give thanks for who you are.
67. If you cannot win, make the one ahead you break the record.
68. "Set your heart on the things of heaven." -Col 3:2
69. Nothing is more costly than loving, except not loving.
70. Stay in shape.
71. Become someone's hero.
72. Give everyone a big smile.
73. Have good posture.
74. Look at the sunny side of life.
75. "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." -Rom 12:12
76. Know when to keep silent.
77. Count your friends not your foes.
78. Cherish each happy moment.
79 Treat everyone with respect.
80. "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt." -Col 4:6
81. Hope in God.
82. Take time to be alone.
83. Nothing wastes more time than worrying.
84. In God's will is our peace.
85. When you cannot be there, you can help by praying.
86. Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
87. Your life can be what you want it to be.
88. Strive for excellence not perfection.
89. "For great is God's love, higher than the heavenls; His faithfulness reaches the skies." -Ps 108:4
90. God hears your prayer.
91. Work hard and then rest.
92. Know when to speak up.
93. Give someone a hug.
94. Don't let your possessions possess you.
95. Say "I love you".
96. Be gentle.
97. A fulfilled life is a life full of love for God and others.
98. Love builds a happy home.
99. Delight in simple things.
100. You can... if you think you can.
101. Give to charity.
102. Read a good book.
103. Be a student of life.
104. Be the kind of friend you want to have.
105. In God's eyes, we all sparkle!
106. It's never too late.
107. Make someone feel extra special.
108. Have a love for learning.
109. Always try to be outstanding.
110. Money can't buy happiness.
111. Focus on making things better, not bigger.
112. Keep your promises.
113. All things work together for good to them that love God.
114. Do it right the first time.
115. Decisions are too important to leave to chance.
116. Expect a miracle.
117. Only God can resolve the deepest longings, desires and appetites of the soul.
118. "Enough is aboundance to the wise." -Euripedes
119. Do random acts of kindness.
120. Be all you can be.



Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.



Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters. Rev. 7.17

3 He restoreth my soul:
he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.