Dan's Gratefulness Place

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. Confucian tradition

Mom, When you were young, you were able to teach many people how to stand up for themselves and do many other things. You made people happy. Now we do the same thing; we are continuing the work you have begun. Mom, you are much larger than your physical body, your influences continue to ripple outwards into infinity through the universe.

This little prayer slid under the doorway today. Give me energy for my heart to turn to the spiritual. Give me energy for the spiritual to become a way. Give me energy for this way to dispel confusion.... Give me energy for confusion to arise as wisdom. See more

Frank Zappa knew it 45 years ago! "None of us have the promise of tomorrow, God forbid this is my last day on this beautiful earth, it won’t be spent listening ...to some news person telling me how rotten we are, how rotten life is, heck no, I’m going out and seeing how beautiful life is. As humans, our time on this planet is very limited... Turn off, tune out and turn on your life. Peace" Frank Zappa See more