“I am in love, and out it, I will not go.”

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry with us or we find it not.”

“This is the true joy of life: The being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”

Uff dah. I love this quote. It is such a poetic way of saying, hey! shut up and deal, the world does not revolve around you, so quit your whining! ha! ha! ha!

“Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

Matthew 13:52

“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.”

Matthew 7:6

“For as lighting that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.”

Matthew 24:27

“Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

Matthew 24:28

Chili Bean Chili

This is good for me because Kidney Beans are high in:
Molybdenum – assists the body in detoxifying sulfites (a commonly used preservative)
Iron – carries oxygen in the body boosting immunity and energy
Folate- critical in the production of cells & maintenance of new cells
Fiber- We all know what that’s good for!

Winter Lentil Soup

1. Thinly cover the bottom of a skillet with the olive oil, medium heat. Once hot add carrots, onions, green pepper and celery. Stir, so that everyone gets in on the fun. Once the onions are translucent, remove the whole mix and put in the crock-pot.
2. Add the lentils, garlic, ginger, broth, salt and pepper to the crock-pot.
3. Cook on high for 5-6 hours.
4. Eat and enjoy.

Winter Lentil Soup (crock-pot)

*1 large carrot thickly sliced

½ cup chopped sweet yellow onion

2 stalks of celery, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

*2 cloves garlic, crushed

½ inch slice of fresh ginger root, finely chopped or crushed

*2 cups dry lentils

*4 cups chicken broth

2 cups filtered water

½ tablespoon fresh ground pepper

Sea salt to taste

(* indicates organic ingredients used)

This is good for me because Lentils are high in:

Iron – carries oxygen in the body boosting immunity and energy

Folate- critical in the production of cells & maintenance of new cells

Fiber- binds cholesterol in the colon causing it to exit the body, in addition to increasing bulk for the elimination of toxins.

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

1.3

lines 122-125

:Banquo to MacBeth

“…oftentimes, to win us to our harm,

The instruments of darkness tell us truths;

Win us with honest trifles, to bretay us

In deepest consequence.”

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Part Eight

Chapter 19

:Levin talking to himself (thinking)

“This new feeling has not changed me, has not made me happy and enlightened all of a sudden, as I dreamed it would. It is like the way it was with my feeling for my son. There was no surprise about this either. But be it faith or not - I don’t know what it is - through suffering this feeling has crept just as imperceptibly into my heart and has lodged itself firmly there.

I shall still lose my temper with Ivan the coachman, I shall still embark on useless discussions and express my opinions inopportunely; there will still be the same wall between the sanctuary of my inmost soul and other people, even my wife; I shall probably go on scolding her in my anxiety and repenting of it afterwards; I shall still be as unable to understand with my reason why I pray, and I shall still go on praying - but my life now, my whole life, independently of anything that can happen to me, every minute of it is no longer meaningless as it was before, but has positive meaning of goodness with which I have the power to invest it.”

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Book IV Torment

Chapter I Father Ferapont

:Father Paisii speaking to Alexei

“Remember, young man, unceasingly,” Father Paisii began, without preface, “that the science of this world, which has become a great power, has, especially in the last century, analysed everything divine handed down to us in the holy books. After this cruel analysis the learned of this world have nothing left of all that was sacred of old. But they have only analysed the parts and overlooked the whole, and indeed their blindness is marvellous. Yet the whole still stands steadfast before their eyes, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Has it not lasted nineteen centuries, is it not still a living, a moving power in the individual soul and in the masses of people? It is still as strong and living even in the souls of atheists, who have destroyed everything! For even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor the ardour of their hearts has been able to create a higher ideal of man and of virtue than the ideal given by Christ of old. When it has been attempted, the result has been only grotesque. Remember this especially, young man, since you are being sent into the world by your departing elder. Maybe, remembering this great day, you will not forget my words, uttered from the heart for your guidance, seeing you are young, and the temptations of the world are great and beyond your strength to endure. Well, now go, my orphan.”