Kensington Christmas 2012

My brother and his family attend Kensington Community Church in Orion, MI and their Christmas service this year was Christmas through the eyes of a child.

Country Corruption Graph 2012

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anaïs Nin

Enjoying a glorious reunion with the great people of the Global CHE Network!

“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.” Gwendolyn Brooks

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
Plato

There are three types of workers: those who get things done, those who watch things get done, and those who wonder how so much got done. "unknown"

"A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others." Chin-Ning Chu

All that you touch, you change. All that you change changes you.The only lasting truth is change. God is Change.OE Butler

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. WJ Bryan

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.Mother Teresa

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time. Libba Bray

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. Albert Einstein

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy

I would rather make mistakes in kindness & compassion than work miracles in unkindness & hardness. Mother Teresa

You really can change the world if you care enough.Marion Wright Edelman

I like to give my energy to activities that affirm the oneness of humankind. Claire Randall

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. Eleanor Roosevelt

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot

What really matters is what you do with what you have. Shirley Lord

One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. Chinese proverb

Minds are like parachutes…They only work when open. Anonymous

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for dialogue. Bell Hooks

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.
Peter Marshall

We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.
AnaÏs Nin

Service is the rent we pay for living. Marian Wright Edelman

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different than the things we do. Albert Camus

Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what is the use of seeing?
Thich Nhat Hanh

.A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people must git it this soul. Pope John Paul II

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.
B. R. Ambedkar

A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living. Rudolf Steiner

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities Stephen R. Covey

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. Mother Teresa

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. Irish Headstone

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

Poverty is not only a condition of unsatisfied material needs. It is often accompanied by a degrading state of powerlessness. Peter Singer

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable. Wess Stafford

Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it. Rick Bragg

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. Hélder Câmara

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. F.D.R.

We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without. Immanuel Kant

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” Mahatma Gandhi

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. Confucius

What can we say of those who embrace Love but exclude justice?

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The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. Hubert H. Humphrey

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. St. Augustine

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. Mother Teresa

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. Walter Elliott

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia. Charles Schulz

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters. Roger L'Estrange

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. Arnold Glasow

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. Dr. Alexis Carrel

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard. Standing Bear

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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. Ezra Pound

Meeting with folks from the YMCA today hoping to develop youth programs here at WC this summer!

The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. Muhammad Ali

The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore Rubin

George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles. Author Unknown

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad. Arnold H. Glasgow

Life is short, God's way of encouraging a bit of focus. Robert Brault

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. Tobias Smollett

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man power nor an easy matter. Aristole

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. Charles Darwin

Look at yourself through other people's eyes. Do you like what you see?

Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts. Author Unknown

Often people get so caught up in making a living that they forget to live. Don't be one of them.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others. Mark Twain

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. Plato

Faith is not without worry or care, but faith is fear that has said a prayer. Author Unknown

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Mohandas K. Gandhi

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. Oscar Ameringer

What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's. Olin Miller

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. Ivy Baker Priest

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. John Quincy Adams

A life without cause is a life without effect. Barbarella

Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made. John Godfrey Saxe

I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. Author Unknown

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. Author Unknown

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Hans Hofmann

The time is always right to do what is right. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen

In the end, who among us does not choose to be a little less right to be a little less lonely. Robert Brault

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped. African Proverb

We may fall short but we're never a failure until we either give up or blame someone else.

"I must do something" always solves more problems than "Something must be done." Anonymous

Monday's more than any other day to me really feels like a fresh start & God knows we can't have enough of those.

Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

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One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things. John Burroughs