FASO-ISMs

  • Do what you can and can the rest! (My Grandma Helsel's saying.) 
  • "Una cena senza vino e com'e una giornata senza sole."
  •         -A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.
  • "Una cena senza vino e com'e una famiglia senza bambini.
  •          -A meal without wine is like a family without babies.
  • "Una cena senza vino e com'e un mare senza pesche.
  •           -A meal without wine is like a sea without fish.
  • Jesus never said to count the sheep - just feed them!
  • No one has it all together; but together we have it all!
  • "Live in such a way that those who know you but don't know God will come to know God because they knew you."
  • When I forgive someone, I let a prisoner go free - and that prisoner is me!
  • When in doubt, throw it out!
  • If God wanted everyone to be thin, God would have made Sara Lee a plumber.
  • Yesterday is history! Tomorrow is mystery! Today is gift - the present!
  • Begin the day with gratitude. On wakening, name five blessings for which you are grateful - "Thank you, God, for...."
  • Reflection Questions for the evening:
    • What was my high point today and my low point?
    • What was my most loving experience and my most selfish?
    • What was my brightest moment and my darkest moment?
    • When did I experience energy today? ....lose energy today?
  • I am too blessed to be stressed.
  • See the world before you leave it!
  • Never say hate or kill. Rather say : Dislike, Have difficulty with.
  • BIBLE: B.I.B.L.E. = Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth
  • There are no strangers here.  Only friends who have not yet met.  - (above a church door at St Jude's in New Lenox)
  • You only get old when you let your regrets take the place of your dreams. (John Barrymore)
  • The Main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing! (Steve Covey)
  • How are you? Fine = Fouled, Insecure, Neurotic, Empty
  • ALTAR = Adore, Love, Thank, Ask, Remember - I learned this in second grade in preparation for First Holy Communion.  What to do after Communion?