"...to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up."
-Ephesians 4:12



Thursday, November 11, 2010

Easy Does It...


The pace of our lives can get really hectic sometimes. With work and family and community obligations always looming, things can pile up pretty quickly. It's easy to "fly off the handle" or "lose perspective" when things start to feel so out of whack. At f4s, we take a good hard look at takin' it easy! We know that rest and relaxation is an integral part of living a content and balanced life!

"Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience". ~ Paul Cezanne

"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion". ~Dale Carnegie

"To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart". ~Francesco Guicciardini

"All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual." ~ Balzac

"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins". ~ Benjamin Franklin

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

"All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you". ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living". ~ Nelson Mandela

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up". ~ Mark Twain

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be". ~Abraham Lincoln

"Every now and then,
when the world sits just right,
a gentle breath of heaven
fills my soul with delight..."
~Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about:". ~ Charles Kingsley

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for". ~Joseph Addison

"Jumping for joy is good exercise". ~Author Unknown

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