Archive - June, 2008

  • Tim Ellens June 29, 2008 at 10:18pm Avatar

    Monastery Tag Line

    Since I like collecting sticky phrases, I can’t help passing on a tag line for a monastery my wife told me about. She was reading the newspaper and I was driving…but it still stuck with me days later. Here it is…

    “Tell us what you need and we’ll show you how to live without it.” more »

  • Michael VanDerAa June 5, 2008 at 11:15am Avatar

    Discpline or Limitation?

    Yes, I admit it. Moderation is a discipline that continues to elude me. My elder role-models have on many occasions scolded that “moderation is the key to life.” The “key”? Hmmm. While I readily agree that moderate living, be it work, family, finances and the like holds rich wisdom, I propose that constant pursuit of “moderation” (however one personally defines it) continually yields moderate results.  more »