The DAILY SPARK Blog

CHERISHED

People only change when they are cherished and when they are treated with tenderness.

Quote by Fr. Gregory Boyle

Gregory Boyle.S.J. is the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.  He is an American Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit order.  

Fr. Boyle says , “We are in the business of second chances.”  Check out all the industries he created to transform lives… give second chances. https://homeboyindustries.org/social-enterprises/

REFLECTION:

  • Is there someone you have been trying to change?
  • Is there someone who has hurt you or you have hurt that may need a second chance?
  • As we approach the holidays, consider how  you can consciously treat someone with extra tenderness so that they feel cherished. Try it  and see what happens!
  • Let me know.

NEVER GIVE UP

Use your mistakes with the serenity of the sculptor.  Use pain to tune into pleasure.  Use obstacles to open the windows of intelligence.  Never give up…Above all never give up on the people that love you.  Never give up on being happy, because life is an incredible spectacle.

Quote by Pope Francis

REFLECTION:

  • How can you use your mistakes, your pain and obstacles to transform?
  • Have you given up on someone or something?
  • How can you shift and offer another chance… to not give up either with another or even yourself?

Less Baggage

My experiences have shown me that life truly is a journey, and the less baggage we carry the easier the ride.

Quote by Wally Amos

Wallace “Wally” Amos, Jr. is an American television personality, entrepreneur, and author from Tallahassee, Florida. He is the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate-chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della’s Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and he was the host of the adult reading program. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Amos

REFLECTION:

  • Are you carrying a lot of baggage?
  • What baggage can you unload (things… negative people, annoying habits)?
  • Is it time to clean out some clutter?