Long and Steady I venture to say that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. A One-sided View In the annuls of sheep, the wolves are always defeated and disgraced. Dedication to Country Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept…
Author: Alan Holden
Patience
Coping with Irritation A pearl is a garment of patience that enclosed an annoyance. Let’s Help Each Other A man’s car stalled in the heavy traffic as the light turned green. All his efforts to start the engine failed, and a chorus of honking behind him made matters worse. He finally got out of his…
Parents
Ten Good Things Parenting—Ten Things for Which You as a Parent Will Never Be Sorry Turtle Parenting Good parents are like turtles—hard on the outside and soft on the inside. <<Back<<
Optimism
When in Doubt, Stall The sorcerer had fallen out of favor of the court, and the king sentenced him to death. On the day of the planned execution, the sorcerer told the king that if he would allow him to live for one year, the king could become famous around the world—because the sorcerer would…
Opportunity
The Long Ride A fellow comes up to a cab driver in New York and says, “Take me to London.” The cab driver tells him there is no possible way for him to drive the cab across the Atlantic. The customer insists there is. “You’ll drive me down to the pier and we’ll put the…
Nature
Spring Defined Spring is God thinking in gold, laughing in blue, and speaking in green. Autumn I like autumn best of all, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tone mellower, its colors richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow. Its golden richness speaks not of the innocence of spring, not of…
Motivation
Unspoiled Motivation My wife, Avis, taught a second-grade Sunday school class that was emphasizing the memorization of Scripture. One little seven-year-old, Christian, was beginning to get into the program and was working on his memory work at home. His dad was inquiring into the whole procedure and asked Christian, “Well, what do you get if…
Mothers
Giving Years ago, a young mother was making her way across the hills of South Wales, carrying her tiny baby in her arms, when she was overtaken by a blinding blizzard. She never reached her destination and when the blizzard had subsided, her body was found by searchers beneath a mound of snow. But they…
Money
Money and Experience When a person with experience meets a person with money, the person with experience will get the money, and the person with the money will get some experience. –Leonard Lauder IRS Policy When you consider the taxes the average person has to pay, the IRS seems to have a policy of “handicap…
The Modern World
I Know How He Feels Our family had gathered around the television to witness the arrival of Pope John Paul II in America. As we watched the Pontiff step from the plane and symbolically kiss the ground, my eighty-year-old aunt turned to me and confided, “I know just how he feels. I hate to fly,…