When children are....

....very small we give their age in months. We look at a tiny toddler and say, "How sweet." (Well, most of the time!)  And we are touched by the way in which they have learned so much during such a short time. Yet, if you live to be eighty you will only be nine hundred and sixty months old!

We don't get long on this planet and that means we are under a strong moral obligation to make the most of every moment. We are still sweet. We are still young. We are still learning.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.  

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Santa Claus....

....Could it be that he's an alien from another world? Nobody has ever found his home at the North Pole. Perhaps he occupies the pole of a different planet entirely and his flying reindeer are robots.

Yet there is something very human about the annual charade that gets played out in millions of homes. We all want to believe that the world can be a kinder, happier, place full of spontaneous good will and gestures of generosity. We can play a big part today, in helping to make that a reality.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Kindness in giving creates love.     (Lao Tzu)

Creativity is a....

.... polite visitor. It may knock timidly on our door from time to time. But at the first suggestion that we are too busy to let it in, it will humbly back away. If we want it to stick around, we have to offer it encouragement. We also have to demonstrate that we are willing to take advantage of what it has to offer. If it is being ignored it will soon go in search of a more receptive host. 

Sometimes, almost more than anything else, we need our imagination.

What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.  (Ralph Marston)