Healing Rays of Righteousness

CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved successful graduation and best wishes for all your tomorrows!  The coronavirsus pandemic has stolen from you, our children and grandchildren, a significant celebratory event of successful graduation from your schools of learning.  I still remember and enjoy the many happy memories of my graduation and sincerely regret that this milestone in your life could not be similarly celebrated.

You missed the heart-throbbing excitement of hearing your name called and walking across the stage to receive your hard-earned diploma.  You also missed the opportunity of hearing from your peers and commencement speakers their challenge for you to allow the classroom learnings and shared peer experiences, that shaped and molded you, to now become a positive influence for good in the world.

And so, I thought to share some proverbial wisdom that I have gathered and filed over the years as common-sense counsel and encouragement that you may find helpful in your life journey.  In fact, they may still be helpful reminders to us living in much longer post-graduate years of life.

Always practice the Golden Rule:
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
We make a living by what we get, and we make a life by what we give.

“A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.”
(Proverbs 22:1)
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.

The three essentials of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
Do not become so busy making a living that you forget how to live.

Our duty is not to see through one another, but to see one another through.
God does not call the qualified, he qualifies the called.
If the eye has no tear, the soul has no rainbow.
When your knees knock, kneel on them.

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
(Proverbs 4:23)
Keep your head and your heart in the right direction and you will never have to worry about your feet.
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you must eat them.

There is no tranquilizer in the world more effective than a few kind words.
An apology is a good way to have the last word.

The person who angers you, controls you.
Making peace starts with a smile.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
Horse sense is stable thinking coupled with the ability to say “nay.”

The steam that blows the whistle cannot drive the wheels.
If you growl all day, you are likely to feel dog tired at night.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road … unless you fail to make the turn.
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.
A genuinely happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

And finally,
Whatever you do, never stop learning, exploring, growing, and challenging yourself to be your best.

Continue growing in mind and spirit.
Keep adding to the goodness and beauty in the world.
Keep developing those unique dreams and talents that make you who you are.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
(Proverbs 9:10)

A hundred years from now it will not matter what amount was in your bank account,
the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove.
But the world may be different because you were loving and important in the life of a child.

Sincerely,
From we who love you dearly.
May our prayers and blessings follow you into the future.

“Healing Rays of Righteousness” – June 3, 2020
http://www.geigler13.wordpress.com
Ray M. Geigley