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Volume 35, #3 Email: appleseeds@franciscan.edu November 2019

ON LEARNING Abigail Adams

“Learning is not attained by chance, it mustbe sought for with ardor and attended to withdiligence.”

A HUNDRED VIRTUES Charles Kingsley

“Thank God every morning whenyou get up that you have something to dothat day which must be done, whether youlike it or not. Being forced to work, and forced todo your best, will breed in you temperance andself control, diligence and strength of will,cheerfulness and a hundred virtues which theidle never know.”

GREATEST GOOD Marshall Field

“The greatest good a man can do is to culti-vate himself, develop his powers in order that hemay be of greater service to humanity.”

THANKSGIVING DAY PRAYERThanksgiving Day Mass: Collect

The Roman Missal: Third Typical Edition

“Father, all Powerful,your gifts of love are countlessand your goodness infinite;as we come before you on Thanks-

giving Daywith gratitude for your kindness,

open our hearts to have concernfor every man, woman, and child,so that we may share your gifts in

loving service.Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity ofthe Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.Amen.”

THE BEST THINGS Robert Louis Stevenson

“The best things are nearest: breath in yournostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet,

duties at your hand, the path of God justbefore you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but

do life’s plain common work as it comes,certain that daily duties and daily breadare the sweetest things of life.”

EXPECT TO INVEST Leo BuscagliaLoving Each Other

“Expect to invest a great deal oftime and energy in your relationships. Lasting re-lationships don’t just happen, they are creat-ed.…Don’t allow your relationships to die ofneglect.”

POTENTIALS YOU HAVE Ray Bradbury

“You never know what potentials you have.I’m not saying for a minute that everyone in theworld has fantastic talent, but imagine that youhave a fairly good one that you haven’t tested.”

GRATITUDE THE CHRISTOPHERS3-Minutes-A Day, # 23, Aug. 19

“Gratitude is one of the hallmarks of thebeliever – gratitude to God for the gifts he has

given us, and gratitude to those whohave made it possible for us to developthose gifts to their full potential.

No one achieves success unaided. Ifyou have been successful in life, re-member in a special way those whomade that success possible.”

NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN Benjamin Franklin

“If you would not be forgotten as soon asyou are gone, either write things worth readingor do things worth writing.”

POWER OF CHOICE FAITH TODAY, MAY `85

“Having endowed people with the power tomake choices, God always respects human free-dom. To force people to conform to His will, toorder events in such a way as to absolve people oftheir responsibility, would dehumanize them.

For freedom distinguishes human beings fromanimals.

The power to make free choices – to exercisethe human will – is a precious and terriblepower. We can use it to fulfill our-selves or to destroy ourselves. Usedrightly, free choice is a share in God’sown creativity.”

WISDOM SEEDS Baal Shem Tov

“It doesn’t do any good to sit upand take notice if you just keep onsitting.”

ONE’S OWN JOURNEYPaula Ripple, Walking With Loneliness

“As we pursue the sometimeslonely journey through our own lifeexperiences, the presence of thosewho walk with us, without words butwith great love, frees us and strengthens us to goon. Those who are free inside themselves set usfree from the inner fears and insecurities whichparalyze us. Those who have known the cost ofbeginning and ending give us the courage tosomehow do it better or at least to try again.”

DEVELOPING LEADERS Kouses & PosnerThe Leadership Challenge, p. 270

“We once asked U.S. Army Major GeneralJohn H. Stanford to tell us how we would goabout developing leaders.…He replied, ‘Whenanyone asks me that question I tell them I havethe secret to success in life. The secret to successis to stay in love. Staying in love gives you the fireto really ignite other people, to see inside otherpeople, to have a greater desire to get things donethan other people. A person who is not in lovedoesn’t really feel the kind of excitement thathelps them to get ahead, to lead others and toachieve. I don’t know any other fire, any otherthing in life that is more exhilarating and is morepositive a feeling than love is.’”

MOST FREQUENT QUESTION Source UnknownSower’s Seeds That Nurture Family Values, #59, p. 66

Some time ago Ann Landers was asked by areporter, “What is the question that you are ask-ed most frequently by your readers?”

Miss Landers answered that it was a verysimple question: “What’s the matter with me?Why am I so lonely?”

The interviewer then asked her what was heradvice to that problem. Her answer was equallyas simple: “Get involved! Do something good forother people.”

People who need your help areall around you. Everywhere you look,you will see them. One finds whatone looks for in life. What is it yousee?

THE GIFT OF STORYDr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“Stories that instruct renew, andheal provide a vital nourishment tothe psyche that cannot be obtained inany other way. Stories reveal overand over again the precious andpeculiar knack that humans have fortriumph over travail. They provide allthe vital instructions we need to live

a useful, necessary and unbounded life – a life ofmeaning, a life worth remembering.”

A LETTER OF GRATITUDE AnonymousSower’s Seeds of Encouragement, 13

One Thanksgiving some years ago, whilewatching a football game, a successful business-man reflected on his life and thought of all thepeople who had been influential in helping himbecome who he was. He decided to write eachperson a thank you card telling him or her of hisgratitude for their influence on his life.

His fourth grade teacher quickly came tomind for her insistence in striving for excellencein every endeavor. She pounded it into her stu-dents, be it regarding homework, tests, or classprojects. So he sent her a thank-you note.

One day, just after the new year, he receiveda return letter from his former teacher. She apol-ogized for not replying sooner, but stated that hisletter took some time getting to her, since shehad moved in with her daughter after retiringfrom 66 years of teaching grade school. She toldhim how thankful she was to have received hiscard and how it cheered her to find out he hadlearned so well his lessons in excellence. Shewent on to say that in her 66 years of teaching,this was the first thank you card she had everreceived, and how grateful she was that he hadtaken the time to remember her.

So who is it that needs to hear from you dur-ing this holiday season?