Tag Archives: teach us to number our days

Opportunity

Posted on March 24, 2022 by jesustrek

Our English word “opportunity” comes from the Latin and means “toward the port”. It suggests a ship taking advantage of the wind and tide to arrive safely in the harbor. In the short time we have here on earth, let’s … Continue reading →

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Take Time

Posted on April 14, 2021 by jesustrek

Take time to live: it is the secret of success. Take time to think: it is the source of power. Take time to play: it is the secret of youth. Take time to read: it is the fount of knowledge. … Continue reading →

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Numbering Our Days

Posted on January 14, 2021 by jesustrek

In the Paula Hawkins novel, The Girl on the Train, one of the characters spots some graffiti painted on a concrete building—LIFE IS NOT A PARAGRAPH.    We ought to take to heart the wisdom in that statement. Too often we … Continue reading →

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A Time to Live and a Time to Die

Posted on April 22, 2020 by jesustrek

The following story was told by best-selling novelist John Grisham: “One of my best friends in college died when he was 25, just a few years after we had finished Mississippi State University. I was in law school, and he … Continue reading →

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Our Days are Numbered

Posted on May 13, 2016 by jesustrek

Susannah Mushatt Jones, thought to be the oldest person in the world, has died at the age of 116. She was said to be the last living American born in the 1800s. Born in 1899, Jones passed away after being … Continue reading →

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