My friend sent me some helps to perhaps trigger reflections on our way of living. I quote from Connie Popp-Miller's prayer service for November on Endings and Beginnings - we are ending our liturgical year and will be beginning a new one of November 27, the first Sunday of Advent.
To engage our thoughts in this process, Connie presents "a smattering of quips from a common source of wisdom - a gas station sign! Perhaps one will strike you as the quintessential statement summing up this past year or as the hopeful words needed to guide you into a new one.
"Gas station owner Alison Billett didn"t start the practice of posting quotes, but when she purchased the station almost 20 years ago from original owner dick Hutton, she inherited the message board and decided to continue using it. 'Having people come and tell me their stories and how the quote helped them in some small way is what motivates me to keep writing!' The gas station, located in Hutton Hyde Park, Gauteng, South Africa, has become a landmark!"
Here are some of the quotes: "In a world where you can be anything, be kind."
Don't do something permanently stupid because you are temporarity upset.
Be who you needed when you were younger.
When you forgive, you heal. When you let go, you grow.
Forgiveness does not change the past but it does enlarge the future.
It is better to walk alone that with a crowd going in the wrong direction.
When you make a commitment you build hope. When you keep it, you build trust.
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
Why do we only rest in peace? Whay don't we live in peace too?
"Make your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears." - Nelson Mandela
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." - Will Rogers
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