Five Simple Rules to Be Happy

Remember these five simple rules to be happy:

1.  Free your heart from hatred -- Forgive.

2.  Free your mind from worries -- Most never happen.

3.  Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4.  Give more.

5.  Expect less from people but more from God.

Words of Wisdom by St. Albert the Great

It is by the path of love,

which is charity,

that God draws near to man,

and man to God.

But where charity is not found,

God cannot dwell.

If, then, we possess charity,

we possess God,

for "God is Charity."

(1 John 4:8)

Wisdom from St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Nothing can work me damage

except myself.

The harm that I sustain

I carry about with me,

and never am a real sufferer

but by my own fault.

The Most Powerful Force on Earth

Never

forget

that the most powerful force

on earth

is

love.

~ Nelson Rockefeller

Most Richly Blessed

I asked God for strength that I might achieve.
I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health that I might do greater things.
I was given infirmity that I might do better things.
I asked for riches that I might be happy.
I was given poverty that I might be wise.
I asked for power that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life.
I was given life that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am, among all men, most richly blessed.

- Anonymous Confederate Soldier

Distractions at Prayer

I have many distractions,

but as soon as I am aware of them,

I pray for those people

the thought of whom is diverting my attention.

In this way,

they reap the benefit of my distraction.

- St. Therese of Lisieux