Thought for Today Smiling and thanking God for His blessings when it hurts the most needs great character. O God help us achieve this!

Point to Ponder Smiles are the easiest things to distribute among people. Let us not be miserly in smiling!

Point to Ponder If God increases our standard of living, let us increase our standard of giving.

Pearls of Wisdom Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. (Matthew 5:44)

Good Parenting The best gift parents can give to their children is to instil in them the quest for the truth.

Point to Ponder Fighting desires is more difficult than fighting a war. The former is needed all the time, the latter sometimes!

Point to Ponder No better a praise than from a critic and no better a criticism than from a friend.

Point to Ponder The measure of good manners is how we treat people who are without them.

Point to Ponder At times, forgiveness is the best revenge.

Point to Ponder If we smile back at people who make fun of us, they will never succeed in their designs, but our politeness may change them.

Point to Ponder Let us speak only when our words are more powerful than our silence!

Point to Ponder Hating evil is not the solution. Affectionately reforming its advocates is the solution.

Point to Ponder One of the most precious gifts of God is eyesight. And if we also have insight with eyesight, then we are truly blessed.

Point to Ponder The best criticism is self-criticism. Let us turn the telescope used in picking the faults of others towards our own selves.

Point to Ponder Many a time forgiveness is the kindest revenge.

The Power of Auto-Suggestion One of powerful tools for self correction is auto-suggestion. If, say, a person wants to improve or modify his behaviour, he should merely keep suggesting to himself that he is going to do it.

Never Give Up! When we receive a fatal blow When we feel glum and low When life seems empty And sorrows are plenty When failures stare And success is rare Let us get up if we trip Let us hold on if we slip Whether big or small Let’s rise from every fall

*God our Guardian* His Justice is profound His mercy has no bound Loves us to the core Never closes His door Generously He forgives In pure hearts He lives Listens to our wailing Overlooks our failing Refuge in Him let us seek Real guardian of the weak

Point to Ponder Since we cannot be good all the time, let us try to be good most of the time.

William Shakespeare (Remembering him on his death: 23 April 1616) A literary giant on God’s earth Fortune smiled at his birth Sublime poetry in blank verse Enchanting ‘n elegantly terse The art of writing lay hid in the night God said: Let William be ‘n all was light