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"If we view this microcosm, the human body, we shall find that the heart does not receive the blood to store it up; but while it pumps it in at one valve, it sends it forth at another. The blood is always circulating everywhere, and is stagnant nowhere.
"The same is true of all the fluids in a healthy body; they are in a constant state of expenditure. If one cell stores for a few moments its peculiar secretion, it only retains it till it is perfectly fitted for its appointed use in the body; for if any cell in the body should begin to store up its secretion, its store would soon become the cause of inveterate disease. Nay, the organ would soon lose the power to secrete at all, if it did not give forth its products.
"The whole of the human system lives by giving. The eye can not say to the foot: “I have no need of thee, and will not guide thee.” For if it does not perform its watchful office, the whole man will be in the ditch, and the eye will be covered with mire. If the members refuse to contribute to the general stock, the whole body will become poverty-stricken, and be given up to the bankruptcy of death.
"Let us learn, then, from the analogy of nature, the great lesson that, to get, we must give; that, to accumulate, we must scatter; that, to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and that, to get good and become spiritually vigorous, we must do good and seek the spiritual good of others."
— SPURGEON
Source: SAGE Digital Library
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
Source: unknown
Topics/Tags: Luck; Blessing; Moderation; Sacrifice
"Children are our most valuable natural resource."
- Herbert Hoover
"Children are poor men's riches."
- English Proverb
Source: Instant Quotation Dictionary
"Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold."
- Maurice Seitter
Source: - _Instant Quotation Dictionary_, p. 97.
Topics/Tags: Greed; Expectations; Blessing
A little girl had misbehaved, and as a punishment, at supper time, her parents sat her down at a small table by herself in the corner of the dining room.
The rest of the family paid no notice to her, until suddenly they heard her praying over her meal with these words: "I thank You, Dear Lord, for preparing a table before me in the presence of my enemies!"
Source: unknown
A BIRTHDAY TOAST:
"May you live as long as you want,
And never want as long as you live!"
Source: "Bits & Pieces," September 9, 1999
Topics/Tags: Birthday; Blessing; Satisfaction; Fulfillment
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