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Regina Brett, author of the New York Times best-selling God Never 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours offers inspiring stories about the decisions we make and how our choices can make the impossible possible.
Want to live your dreams - or even surpass them? Want the world to change for the better? Want to see a miracle? What are we waiting for? Why not be the miracle?
That's the challenge Regina Brett sets forth in Be the Miracle.
To be a miracle doesn't necessarily mean tackling problems across the globe. It means making a difference, believing change is possible, even in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, or family.
Through a collection of inspirational essays, Regina shares lessons that will help people make a difference in the world around them. The lessons come from Regina's life experience and from the lives of others, especially those she has met in her 24 years as a journalist. Each section is a lesson that can stand alone, but together they form a handbook for seeing the miracle of change everywhere.
With upbeat lessons from "do your best and forget the rest" to "sometimes it's enough to make one person happy", these lessons will help you accept and embrace yourself, challenge and change yourself, and better serve others.
Want to live your dreams - or even surpass them? Want the world to change for the better? Want to see a miracle? What are we waiting for? Why not be the miracle?
That's the challenge Regina Brett sets forth in Be the Miracle.
To be a miracle doesn't necessarily mean tackling problems across the globe. It means making a difference, believing change is possible, even in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, or family.
Through a collection of inspirational essays, Regina shares lessons that will help people make a difference in the world around them. The lessons come from Regina's life experience and from the lives of others, especially those she has met in her 24 years as a journalist. Each section is a lesson that can stand alone, but together they form a handbook for seeing the miracle of change everywhere.
With upbeat lessons from "do your best and forget the rest" to "sometimes it's enough to make one person happy", these lessons will help you accept and embrace yourself, challenge and change yourself, and better serve others.
294 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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Regina Brett
17 books211 followersRegina Brett has been a newspaper columnist for fourteen years, eight of them for Cleveland's Plain Dealer, where she was a finalist in 2008 and 2009 for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. She also hosts a call-in talk show once a week on WCPN, the Cleveland NPR affiliate, and speaks regularly to companies and not-for-profit organizations
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June 19, 2016
Lekka książka, która bardzo wdzięcznie opowiada historyjki z życia autorki, ale jednocześnie jest wypełniona truizmami i frazami rodem z prezentacji topowych coachów.
W wersji tl;dr - same tytuły lekcji wielokrotnie wnoszą więcej niż treść całego rozdziału.
Wydaje mi się, że to jedna z najbardziej przecenianych lektur, jakie przeczytałam.
W wersji tl;dr - same tytuły lekcji wielokrotnie wnoszą więcej niż treść całego rozdziału.
Wydaje mi się, że to jedna z najbardziej przecenianych lektur, jakie przeczytałam.
March 31, 2014
At first, I really liked this book. But then Brett started not just mentioning religion, but seemingly delivering a sermon about it in a number of places and it was just too much to handle. As a journalist myself, I couldn't help but bristle at all the times she mentioned her religion that seemed to point to her doing so within her newspaper's pages, unethical and biased though she may be. I suppose the fact that the word miracle is in the title and her first book was called "God Never Blinks" should have given it away, but for me it was too much. She also frequently drives home the fact that she has friends in recovery, which got old by the end of the book. It seemed like every other story was based on Alcoholics Anonymous' 12-step program. There were also two to three of the 50 essays that I had to skip most of because the author took to just endlessly listing a bunch of hypotheticals, which came across as desperation to fill her pages as deadline neared.
Negatives aside, there were some really moving stories of people making a difference in the world in small and often surprising ways, like a man who seemed penniless to many who left an amassed fortune to a local hospital in remembrance of his older sister who died from the burns she suffered after tipping a pot of boiling water on herself when she was just seven. There are a lot of great lessons that can easily be applied to your own life, and certainly enough inspiration to wind you up and get your proverbial top spinning out there in this world. And I think we can all agree that the world could use more miracles in everyday life.
Negatives aside, there were some really moving stories of people making a difference in the world in small and often surprising ways, like a man who seemed penniless to many who left an amassed fortune to a local hospital in remembrance of his older sister who died from the burns she suffered after tipping a pot of boiling water on herself when she was just seven. There are a lot of great lessons that can easily be applied to your own life, and certainly enough inspiration to wind you up and get your proverbial top spinning out there in this world. And I think we can all agree that the world could use more miracles in everyday life.
September 25, 2024
nic odkrywczego
March 31, 2025
Bardzo wartościowa książka, z początku uważałam za dobrą mnogość przykładów i anegdot z życia, przez ostatnie 10 rozdziałów było już tego dla mnie za dużo
July 27, 2020
tę książkę napewno będę miło wspominać. "jesteś cudem" jest to zbiór 50 lekcji w których za każdym razem zawarty jest jakiś życiowy przykład, dłuższe przemyślenie.
bardzo przyjemnie mi się to czytało, ta książka była niczym ciepły koc z herbatą w zimne wieczory albo miłe słowa starszej cioci; obydwa tak samo przyjemne i z uśmiechem na ustach się o nich myśli.
nie wszystkie rady przypadły mi do gustu, ale mimo tego, i tak chętnie je przeczytałam. autorka w tak przyjemny sposób opowiadała dane zagadnienie, że nawet te wspominające o Bogu bardzo dobrze się czytało (nie jestem mocno wierzącą osobą, a większość religijnych artykułów/wypowiedzi kojarzę niestety dość negatywnie; tutaj jednak dostaje się takie przykłady i taką otwartość i miłość, że aż byłam zaskoczona).
super książeczka. idealna na czas, kiedy już ma się wszystkiego dość, a wiara w innych ludzi drastycznie spada. od razu poprawia humor.
bardzo przyjemnie mi się to czytało, ta książka była niczym ciepły koc z herbatą w zimne wieczory albo miłe słowa starszej cioci; obydwa tak samo przyjemne i z uśmiechem na ustach się o nich myśli.
nie wszystkie rady przypadły mi do gustu, ale mimo tego, i tak chętnie je przeczytałam. autorka w tak przyjemny sposób opowiadała dane zagadnienie, że nawet te wspominające o Bogu bardzo dobrze się czytało (nie jestem mocno wierzącą osobą, a większość religijnych artykułów/wypowiedzi kojarzę niestety dość negatywnie; tutaj jednak dostaje się takie przykłady i taką otwartość i miłość, że aż byłam zaskoczona).
super książeczka. idealna na czas, kiedy już ma się wszystkiego dość, a wiara w innych ludzi drastycznie spada. od razu poprawia humor.
January 17, 2016
This book started out ok. The first 10 lessons were worth reading (but really, it's nothing profound or different from any other inspirational books I have read), but then it devolved into trite unsubstantial advice that was a trudge through the bog to finish. It became less specific and impersonal. I don't know why she was so set on the number 50, when 20 Commandments to a Happy Life would have sufficed.
Also I felt tricked when the last half of the book was substantiated by God, whereas the first half appeared to cater to persons of any faith. I have nothing against the Bible, but this was written for readers already a worshiper of God. It felt like walking into a church for the first time without ease of introduction. I finished the book out of pure stubbornness, and felt like I had wasted a good part of my day.
Also I felt tricked when the last half of the book was substantiated by God, whereas the first half appeared to cater to persons of any faith. I have nothing against the Bible, but this was written for readers already a worshiper of God. It felt like walking into a church for the first time without ease of introduction. I finished the book out of pure stubbornness, and felt like I had wasted a good part of my day.
January 8, 2019
4.5
Najbardziej podziwiam to, że większość jej historii opiera się na prawdziwych, realnych osobach, które dzięki słowom pisanym stają się super bohaterami.
Napawa miłością do ludzkości, to na pewno.
Najbardziej podziwiam to, że większość jej historii opiera się na prawdziwych, realnych osobach, które dzięki słowom pisanym stają się super bohaterami.
Napawa miłością do ludzkości, to na pewno.
August 19, 2013
Each of these lessons is short enough to read on a daily basis for a jump-start to your day which is how I approached it. Since it’s been awhile since I started it I don’t remember all of the lessons and, to be honest, as much as I loved some of them others were equally as forgettable.
There were a few standouts. Lesson 40 is titled Aim Higher and it’s about Bonnie St. John, the first African American to win Olympic medals in ski racing. Oh, and she did it with one leg.
Bonnie often goes to hospitals to visit patients and give talks to people who are facing obstacles that seem insurmountable like hers once did. She met one mother whose 13-year-old son had been horribly burned on his face and arms. The mother turned to Bonnie and asked, “Will my son ever live a normal life?”
I expected Bonnie to promise, “Of course he will.” She shocked me with her answer.
“No,” Bonnie said. “He should aim higher.”
That’s what she did.
And the last two chapters were the strongest. Leave a legacy time can’t erase and If you woke up today, God isn’t through with you yet are both about taking time to reflect on life’s end game and living life to the fullest every moment of every day.
This book definitely had a Christian slant, but I didn’t feel it was preachy, just what’s important in Brett’s life.
There were a few standouts. Lesson 40 is titled Aim Higher and it’s about Bonnie St. John, the first African American to win Olympic medals in ski racing. Oh, and she did it with one leg.
Bonnie often goes to hospitals to visit patients and give talks to people who are facing obstacles that seem insurmountable like hers once did. She met one mother whose 13-year-old son had been horribly burned on his face and arms. The mother turned to Bonnie and asked, “Will my son ever live a normal life?”
I expected Bonnie to promise, “Of course he will.” She shocked me with her answer.
“No,” Bonnie said. “He should aim higher.”
That’s what she did.
And the last two chapters were the strongest. Leave a legacy time can’t erase and If you woke up today, God isn’t through with you yet are both about taking time to reflect on life’s end game and living life to the fullest every moment of every day.
This book definitely had a Christian slant, but I didn’t feel it was preachy, just what’s important in Brett’s life.
February 9, 2012
Be the Miracle: 50 Lessons for Making the Impossible Possible
One of the best inspirational/self-help book I've read.
This book is a must read! If you want to be inspired and to become an inspiration to others read this. And also it will draw you closer to God and gives you hope and strengthens your faith.
January 8, 2022
therapeutic bardzo jak kazda jej ksiazka😮💨
March 8, 2023
2.5 niestety zawiera mnóstwo oczywistości, tylko kilka lekcji do mnie przemówiło 🙈 ale dla kogoś na początku przygody z samorozwojem może okazać się fajna!
June 17, 2022
3.5
Bardzo wartościowa książka, ale z czasem nudziło mnie jej czytanie.
Bardzo wartościowa książka, ale z czasem nudziło mnie jej czytanie.
November 17, 2015
Впервые за действительно долгое время мне захотелось оставить отклик на книгу. Не потому, что она мне запала в душу или очень сильно понравилась, нет, просто мне показалось, что она нуждается в ответе.
Начну с обложки, которая вроде бы совершенно непритязательна, однако именно поэтому она кажется приятной глазу, не перегружая излишними деталями. Не знаю, как вам, а мне безумно приятно держать в руках красиво оформленные книги.
Теперь о содержании. Поначалу мне очень понравилась эта книга. Регине удалось в одном из первых «уроков» описать меня саму:
Я часто бываю слишком мнительной, заранее думаю о том, что провалюсь, даже если к этому нет никаких предпосылок, по сто раз вспоминаю старые неудачи и заново их переживаю. Поэтому после этих строк мне показалось, что я нашла «своего» автора.
Но потом Бретт стала не просто упоминать о религии и значении Бога в ее жизни, а писать об этом во многих «уроках», и у меня это вызвало некоторое отторжение, поскольку вера далеко не для каждого человека является определяющей на его жизненном пути, и я не считаю правильным навязывать это. Наоборот, эта сторона жизни, по-моему личному разумению, должна быть как можно более… интимной, что ли. Хотя, наверное, меня должно было насторожить название ее предыдущей книги «Бог никогда не моргает».
Плюс некоторые ее уроки содержали просто бесчисленные перечисления мало значимых примеров, и это утомляло. А в уроке 28 «Стань светом во тьме» (из названия я предполагала совершенно другое) всего-то шла речь о том, как люди сплотились, когда у них пропал свет. Жителям России и многих малоразвитых стран, наверное, смешно читать про то, как трудно было людям прожить один или пару дней без посудомоечной машины, микроволновки и наличных денег.
Несмотря на это, многие истории, упомянутые в «уроках», показались мне довольно мотивирующими и вдохновляющими, и трогательными, я несколько раз пыталась сдержать слезы, читая о людях, которые изменили мир, в большей или меньшей степени. Это истории о том, что нужно двигаться дальше, даже если ты споткнулся или если тебе кажется, что то, чего ты хочешь, невозможно. Целься в Луну, и тогда точно достигнешь звезд.
Начну с обложки, которая вроде бы совершенно непритязательна, однако именно поэтому она кажется приятной глазу, не перегружая излишними деталями. Не знаю, как вам, а мне безумно приятно держать в руках красиво оформленные книги.
Теперь о содержании. Поначалу мне очень понравилась эта книга. Регине удалось в одном из первых «уроков» описать меня саму:
У моей души есть дурная привычка увеличивать то, что не слишком хорошо […] Я слишком часто направляю свою внутреннюю лупу на неприятную реплику, брошенную каким-нибудь незнакомцем, и та разрастается. Или в прошлое – на учительницу, которая насмехалась надо мной в третьем классе. На подруг, которые разочаровывали меня в старшей школе. […] Или направляю ее в будущее – и бесконечный поток страха, тревог и беспокойства превращается в реку, которая сбивает меня с ног и уносит прочь.
Я часто бываю слишком мнительной, заранее думаю о том, что провалюсь, даже если к этому нет никаких предпосылок, по сто раз вспоминаю старые неудачи и заново их переживаю. Поэтому после этих строк мне показалось, что я нашла «своего» автора.
Но потом Бретт стала не просто упоминать о религии и значении Бога в ее жизни, а писать об этом во многих «уроках», и у меня это вызвало некоторое отторжение, поскольку вера далеко не для каждого человека является определяющей на его жизненном пути, и я не считаю правильным навязывать это. Наоборот, эта сторона жизни, по-моему личному разумению, должна быть как можно более… интимной, что ли. Хотя, наверное, меня должно было насторожить название ее предыдущей книги «Бог никогда не моргает».
Плюс некоторые ее уроки содержали просто бесчисленные перечисления мало значимых примеров, и это утомляло. А в уроке 28 «Стань светом во тьме» (из названия я предполагала совершенно другое) всего-то шла речь о том, как люди сплотились, когда у них пропал свет. Жителям России и многих малоразвитых стран, наверное, смешно читать про то, как трудно было людям прожить один или пару дней без посудомоечной машины, микроволновки и наличных денег.
Несмотря на это, многие истории, упомянутые в «уроках», показались мне довольно мотивирующими и вдохновляющими, и трогательными, я несколько раз пыталась сдержать слезы, читая о людях, которые изменили мир, в большей или меньшей степени. Это истории о том, что нужно двигаться дальше, даже если ты споткнулся или если тебе кажется, что то, чего ты хочешь, невозможно. Целься в Луну, и тогда точно достигнешь звезд.
Она помогла понять, что ни одно желание не может быть слишком велико, чтобы просить о его исполнении. Ни одна потребность не может быть слишком велика, чтобы ее удовлетворить. Ни одно чудо не бывает слишком абсурдным, чтобы на него надеяться. И ни одна жизнь не бывает слишком коротка, чтобы иметь значение.
January 29, 2018
Memperoleh buku ini secara tidak sengaja di Gramedia Lombok. Saat itu, aku membutuhkan bola refleksi untuk terapi tangan kiri-ku yang terasa sakit dan sulit digerakkan pasca operasi mastektomi (pengangkatan payudara). Sambil berjalan menuju boks dimana aku bisa mendapatkan bola refleksi, mataku melirik boks yang terletak di dekat pintu masuk. Boks itu bertuliskan "obral buku". Spontan saja aku berbelok arah dan kemudian menemukan buku ini di tumpukan teratas.
Sebenarnya aku jarang tertarik dengan buku-buku seperti ini. Namun entah kenapa, tanganku meraih buku ini dan ingin memiliki buku ini. Oh ya, mungkin karena di cover buku ini ada tulisan "Mewujudkan Mukjizat dalam Hidup Kita"... dan aku memang sedang berharap terjadi mukjizat dalam hidupku.
Bicara tentang mukjizat, sebenarnya bagaimana buku ini bisa ada ditanganku dan bagaimana aku bisa langsung membaca buku ini (mengingat di meja ku masih banyak buku lainnya yang belum aku baca), adalah merupakan suatu mukjizat. Bagaimana mungkin? Ternyata, Regina Brett, penulis buku ini adalah penyintas kanker payudara. sama sepertiku! Dia menulis buku ini setelah dia menjalani operasi mastektomi (dan aku membaca bukunya pasca menjalani operasi yang sama). Regina menuliskan perjalanan kanker-nya dan membagikan pengalamannya sebagai penyintas kanker. Sungguh suatu hal yang memang aku butuhkan sekarang ini.
Dari buku ini aku mendapat pelajaran tentang banyak hal, terutama bagaimana 'mewujudkan' mukjizat. Pengalaman hidupnya, rasa syukurnya, pemikiran positifnya, mengantar Regina menjadi motivator yang luar biasa. Regina mampu mewujudkan mukjizat baginya, maka aku pun harus mampu mewujudkan mukjizat dalam hidupku.
"Aku, Armita, berikrar untuk sehat. Aku berikrar untuk berpartisipasi dalam pengobatanku,
bahkan jika itu berarti mengalami perubahan fisik emosional, dan mental yang sementara
dalam hidupku. Aku berikrar untuk menepati proses pengobatan ini dan tidak menoleh lagi
ke belakang. Aku berikrar untuk melakukan segala sesuatu yang bisa kulakukan untuk pulih
dan hidup"
**terimakasih, Regina**
Sebenarnya aku jarang tertarik dengan buku-buku seperti ini. Namun entah kenapa, tanganku meraih buku ini dan ingin memiliki buku ini. Oh ya, mungkin karena di cover buku ini ada tulisan "Mewujudkan Mukjizat dalam Hidup Kita"... dan aku memang sedang berharap terjadi mukjizat dalam hidupku.
Bicara tentang mukjizat, sebenarnya bagaimana buku ini bisa ada ditanganku dan bagaimana aku bisa langsung membaca buku ini (mengingat di meja ku masih banyak buku lainnya yang belum aku baca), adalah merupakan suatu mukjizat. Bagaimana mungkin? Ternyata, Regina Brett, penulis buku ini adalah penyintas kanker payudara. sama sepertiku! Dia menulis buku ini setelah dia menjalani operasi mastektomi (dan aku membaca bukunya pasca menjalani operasi yang sama). Regina menuliskan perjalanan kanker-nya dan membagikan pengalamannya sebagai penyintas kanker. Sungguh suatu hal yang memang aku butuhkan sekarang ini.
Dari buku ini aku mendapat pelajaran tentang banyak hal, terutama bagaimana 'mewujudkan' mukjizat. Pengalaman hidupnya, rasa syukurnya, pemikiran positifnya, mengantar Regina menjadi motivator yang luar biasa. Regina mampu mewujudkan mukjizat baginya, maka aku pun harus mampu mewujudkan mukjizat dalam hidupku.
"Aku, Armita, berikrar untuk sehat. Aku berikrar untuk berpartisipasi dalam pengobatanku,
bahkan jika itu berarti mengalami perubahan fisik emosional, dan mental yang sementara
dalam hidupku. Aku berikrar untuk menepati proses pengobatan ini dan tidak menoleh lagi
ke belakang. Aku berikrar untuk melakukan segala sesuatu yang bisa kulakukan untuk pulih
dan hidup"
**terimakasih, Regina**
June 22, 2012
Be the Miracle was inspirational and wonderfully well-written. I found the book while browsing the nonfiction shelf at my library, so I didn't come to it knowing who Regina Brett was or having heard about or read her first book. The book is a good mixture of inspirational stories and spiritual musings. Some things that I particularly liked about it were 1) she's from Cleveland and the stories of life in Ohio can be hard scrabble but I found them to be very reflective of what life is like for so many average Americans who live in not so glamorous places. 2) She has friends who are Catholic priests and some of their wisdom makes its way into these pages. Nowadays the Catholic church has a real image issue (and deservedly so), but there still many good men working in the church.
Sometimes I thought there might have been a little bit of a pile-on with the bad luck/cancer stories in the book. But other than that, it spoke to me.
Sometimes I thought there might have been a little bit of a pile-on with the bad luck/cancer stories in the book. But other than that, it spoke to me.
November 7, 2021
Rosół z makaronem dla głodnego i zmarzniętego. Balsam na oparzone miejsce. Rozmowa z mądrą i dobrą ciocią, która naprawdę życzy nam jak najlepiej. Z tej prostej książki tchnie spokój, snują się w niej ciekawe opowieści, spajają ją celne podsumowania. Nie wrócę, ale doceniam wspólnie spędzony czas.
October 20, 2016
Parts of this book were more interesting to me then others. It did, however, have a beautiful prayer to the Holy Spirit that I absolutely loved.
July 30, 2021
- if you think you're too small to make a difference, you've never been in a tent with a mosquito.
- if you want to change the world in a big way, you do your small assignments with greater love, greater attention, greater passion. Simply embrace the job you have, the family you have, the neighborhood you have, the task you have been given.
- If you want to accomplish the impossible, get busy on the possible.
- When you love to read, the whole world opens up.
- When you look for the good in everyone, you not only find the good, you magnify it.
- How do we really know the worth of our work? It's not our job to judge the worth of what we offer the world, but to keep offering it regardless.
- You might never know the true worth of your efforts. Or it could simply be too soon to tell.
- We become a gift to others when we make them feel they are the gift.
- You need to treat yourself as well as you treat everyone else.
- Take care of yourself : don't have a double standard. Don't respect your commitments to yourself less than you do your commitments to others. Don't give yourself away so there's nothing left of you for you. Don't pencil in time for you, put it in ink.
- Take Five: Stop and take 5 minutes to get calm, centered and clear. Before picking up the kids after work or stopping at the store, sit in the car and be still. Reboot. You'll make better decisions and discover you really aren't the axis on which the world spins. What a relief.
- Take six breaths a minute: Inhale for 5 seconds, then spend 5 seconds exhaling. It's amazing.
- Take it back: Don't hand the remote control of your emotions to others. No more blaming. Take back the remote and keep pressing CALM. You can't control what others do, but you can control your emotional reaction to them.
- Take a breather all through the day: Pick cues for practicing your new breathing. Take one or two ten-second abdominal breaths and say to yourself, "All is well, all is well".
- Take the short view: see life as a series of sprints, not one long endless marathon with no end in sight. In between the series of jaunts, rest and renew.
- We are what we repeatedly do. Try to make it a habit to love yourself as much as you do everyone else.
- Put the oxygen mask on yourself first, and everyone around you will breath a little easier, too.
-Instead of treating people the way you want to be treated, treat people the way they want to be treated. What's important to us might not be what's most important to that person we're trying to help. I've learned to simply ask, How may I be of help to you?
- If you want to see a miracle, bee the miracle.
- Instead of looking for a sign of God's presence in a burning bush, a lightning bolt, or a crying statue, be present, and you'll experience God everywhere.
- God is in each of us, in the midst of every tragedy and problem. It's up to us to call forth our greatest light and love and be the miracle, right here, right now.
- Speak up for others, especially when they aren't present to speak up for themselves.
- I wanted to tell her to kick life back. If she hated her job, get a new one, or at least a new attitude. I wanted to tell her to rewrite her life. Make it a do-over. Wipe the slate clean every day. Start with a fresh canvas in the morning and paint madly each day without worry, without fear.
- Happiness is a choice. Sometimes it's one I don't take, I wallow in self-pity, fear, anger, or sadness. When I find myself there, I stop and ask myself, Do you want to be happy?
- In the morning, we have chance to reborn.
- Every morning look in the mirror and affirm the miracle that you are right now, as is, then step into your day and watch what happens.
- Sometimes the things you think are worthless and unimportant have the most profound impact. You can't make everyone happy or solve every problem. But you can make one person happy, and that is good enough.
-The secret of life is no secret. It's sprinkled all over your life. It's celebrating what already is. Right here. Right now. All around you.
- You can't control what happens to you, but you can control your response to what happens.
- The secret of life is knowing that you alone make everything come true. Following your heart. Having faith in yourself. Being free to do what you want when you want. Remembering who you are and where you came from.
- Give as if the world is your family, because it is.
- Give, but give grudgingly. Give with a smile, but give less than you should. Give an adequate amount, but only after being asked. Give before anyone asks. Give when you don't know the recipient. Give anonymously so the recipient doesn't know who gave. Give when giver and receiver are anonymous to each other. Give time, education, or money so that the receiver becomes self-sufficient. Follow the old saying, "teach a man to fish, and he eats for a lifetime".
- Everyone is either your student or your teacher. Most people are both.
- Pray like you mean it.
- Gratitude is the mother of all prayer. It was time to stop focusing on every ache, pain, and side effect.
- When I started praying for others, I started feeling better.
- If I'd had more faith, I would have trusted the prayer the first time I said it instead of repeating it.
-"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you"
-"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive".
- The last part of the prayer is to pause to give thanks. You act as if God heard you. Act as if you believe in the power of prayer. Act as if you can take God at His or Her word.
- Real faith isn't praying without ceasing. It's believing that God heard you the first time.
- Being late hurts relationship. Imagine how awful your children feel when you're late for their school and sporting events.
- Instead of being predictably late, you can be the one most likely to show up early, the one everyone can count on. Life is unpredictable, but you don't have to be.
- Consult your own soul. Deep inside you already know the answers you need.
- It all depends on your view, so it helps to maintain perspective.
- Share your heart with someone who gets you, your humor, your music, your dreams. Don't date anyone who makes you miss out on the wonder of friends and family or you. Find someone who makes you smile, laugh, and float all the way home.
- God doesn't always call the strong. Sometimes you have to be weak enough to serve.
- When you have nothing, but faith, you have enough.
- Beatitude : a state of total happiness. "Blessed are the poor in spirit". The poor in spirit are blessed not because they are poor, not because they have nothing, but because they are attached to nothing but God. When you have nothing to cling to but faith, you have enough.
- Breathe into me, Holy Spirit, that all my thoughts may be holy. Move into me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attach my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may defend what is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may always be holy.
- Comfort the sick. When everyone else flees, be the one who stays.
- You have an endless supply of abundance from a wealthy Father who loves you, and so does everyone else.
- Start believing in a God of abundance, a God of prosperity. My money is God's money, and God has nothing against money.
- When you change how you think about money, your income will change. When I let go of my poverty mentality, my capacity to receive and give changed.
- Value each person you meet, no matter what his or her position is in the organization.
- "Carry people as you climb".
- It was always about enriching the lives of others.
- "Find your groove and ride it like a wave"
- Listen to yourself. Silence the voices all around you. People will come by and shake the snow globe that is your world. There's a true place for everyone. Yours doesn't belong to anyone else.
- You have to listen to the sound of your own soul. Deep down inside, you know what you are here for, what you are to be, what you are to do. It is where you will hear the deepest, clearest truth, away from clutter and static and noise of the world. It is the place where you will hear God speak to you, if you are willing to listen. The journey to your soul is the only journey that matters. And to travel there, you must go alone.
- You sit in the silence of you and listen. You'll hear what some call the small, still voice of God and others call intuition. Then you feed the passion that burns in you, whether it is a flickering spark that confuses you or a roaring flame that consumes you.
- It won't always be easy. You may be tempted to settle for less. You may worry about the competition. But no one else will be called to that one place that God has designed for you alone. No one can bring to that place your experiences, talents, strengths, weaknesses, desires dan dreams. Your place in life doesn't belong to anyone else.
- Isaiah 25:8 : He will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.
-is it kind? is it true? is it necessary?
-Words can heal
-Most people gossip to bond, to show off their wit, to cover for their lack of conversational skills, to get revenge, or to impress others.
- Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
- gossip= It's like quitting smoking. People who used to enjoy a pack a day kick the habit, then get irritated every time they catch a whiff of someone else's cigarette.
- Gossiping is a tough habit to break. Putting someone else down lifts you up- for about 5 seconds.
- If you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all.
- Keep a journal and log your thoughts, Practice releasing negative thoughts as soon as they come in and you recognize them as unhealthy, Focus your attention on how you can be of service to others (when in doubt, help someone else and get out of yourself), Distract yourself from overthinking (Every time you catch yourself stuck in worry, say something that lightens you up and distracts you from the worry. Use a word that jolts you away from the negative, like banana split, sunflowers, vacation); Allocate half an hour a day to overthinking; At the end of every week, jot down small achievements, victories, and blessing to savor.
- Is this thought a fact or is it a fiction I've conjured up that scares me? ; Is there solid proof to back this up as a fact? ; Does holding on to this thought enhance my life or diminish it? ; Does thinking this way increase or decrease my chances of being more happy, joyous, and free? Does thinking this way take me closer to the joy I want in my life or further away?
-Stay strong. Don't be afraid to start doing things with what you've got. Don't be afraid to aim higher.
-Perhaps some of the people you've encountered along this journey were there to teach you an important lesson. Or maybe you have been in someone's life for a reason.
- My hope is that when someone down the road asks you to help someone in need, you will remember that perhaps this is your chance to be in someone's life for a reason.
- First things first. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
- I pause, hold them all up in prayer, bless them, and release them. And in doing so, I release me, to be my best self where I'm needed most.
- A saint is someone who knows how much God loves them. To know that fully means you live without demands on others for anything; it's a love of God and others carried to extravagance.
- You don't have to possess supernatural powers to be a saint. It doesn't mean you are above being human. It means you are fully human. Sainthood isn't reserved for a chosen few, It's demanded of the many.
- Don't quit before the miracle happens. You can't quit before the miracle happens, and there might just be more than 1 miracle.
- Silence the noise, In times of doubt or indecision, pause and make room for God.
- Serenity prayer: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference".
- God will not have His work made manifest by cowards.
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola taught: To know, love, and serve God and be happy with God forever. Everything here is a gift created for us to experience God more fully. We are to keep those gifts if they enhance our growth or release those gifts if they diminish our growth.
- if you want to change the world in a big way, you do your small assignments with greater love, greater attention, greater passion. Simply embrace the job you have, the family you have, the neighborhood you have, the task you have been given.
- If you want to accomplish the impossible, get busy on the possible.
- When you love to read, the whole world opens up.
- When you look for the good in everyone, you not only find the good, you magnify it.
- How do we really know the worth of our work? It's not our job to judge the worth of what we offer the world, but to keep offering it regardless.
- You might never know the true worth of your efforts. Or it could simply be too soon to tell.
- We become a gift to others when we make them feel they are the gift.
- You need to treat yourself as well as you treat everyone else.
- Take care of yourself : don't have a double standard. Don't respect your commitments to yourself less than you do your commitments to others. Don't give yourself away so there's nothing left of you for you. Don't pencil in time for you, put it in ink.
- Take Five: Stop and take 5 minutes to get calm, centered and clear. Before picking up the kids after work or stopping at the store, sit in the car and be still. Reboot. You'll make better decisions and discover you really aren't the axis on which the world spins. What a relief.
- Take six breaths a minute: Inhale for 5 seconds, then spend 5 seconds exhaling. It's amazing.
- Take it back: Don't hand the remote control of your emotions to others. No more blaming. Take back the remote and keep pressing CALM. You can't control what others do, but you can control your emotional reaction to them.
- Take a breather all through the day: Pick cues for practicing your new breathing. Take one or two ten-second abdominal breaths and say to yourself, "All is well, all is well".
- Take the short view: see life as a series of sprints, not one long endless marathon with no end in sight. In between the series of jaunts, rest and renew.
- We are what we repeatedly do. Try to make it a habit to love yourself as much as you do everyone else.
- Put the oxygen mask on yourself first, and everyone around you will breath a little easier, too.
-Instead of treating people the way you want to be treated, treat people the way they want to be treated. What's important to us might not be what's most important to that person we're trying to help. I've learned to simply ask, How may I be of help to you?
- If you want to see a miracle, bee the miracle.
- Instead of looking for a sign of God's presence in a burning bush, a lightning bolt, or a crying statue, be present, and you'll experience God everywhere.
- God is in each of us, in the midst of every tragedy and problem. It's up to us to call forth our greatest light and love and be the miracle, right here, right now.
- Speak up for others, especially when they aren't present to speak up for themselves.
- I wanted to tell her to kick life back. If she hated her job, get a new one, or at least a new attitude. I wanted to tell her to rewrite her life. Make it a do-over. Wipe the slate clean every day. Start with a fresh canvas in the morning and paint madly each day without worry, without fear.
- Happiness is a choice. Sometimes it's one I don't take, I wallow in self-pity, fear, anger, or sadness. When I find myself there, I stop and ask myself, Do you want to be happy?
- In the morning, we have chance to reborn.
- Every morning look in the mirror and affirm the miracle that you are right now, as is, then step into your day and watch what happens.
- Sometimes the things you think are worthless and unimportant have the most profound impact. You can't make everyone happy or solve every problem. But you can make one person happy, and that is good enough.
-The secret of life is no secret. It's sprinkled all over your life. It's celebrating what already is. Right here. Right now. All around you.
- You can't control what happens to you, but you can control your response to what happens.
- The secret of life is knowing that you alone make everything come true. Following your heart. Having faith in yourself. Being free to do what you want when you want. Remembering who you are and where you came from.
- Give as if the world is your family, because it is.
- Give, but give grudgingly. Give with a smile, but give less than you should. Give an adequate amount, but only after being asked. Give before anyone asks. Give when you don't know the recipient. Give anonymously so the recipient doesn't know who gave. Give when giver and receiver are anonymous to each other. Give time, education, or money so that the receiver becomes self-sufficient. Follow the old saying, "teach a man to fish, and he eats for a lifetime".
- Everyone is either your student or your teacher. Most people are both.
- Pray like you mean it.
- Gratitude is the mother of all prayer. It was time to stop focusing on every ache, pain, and side effect.
- When I started praying for others, I started feeling better.
- If I'd had more faith, I would have trusted the prayer the first time I said it instead of repeating it.
-"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you"
-"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive".
- The last part of the prayer is to pause to give thanks. You act as if God heard you. Act as if you believe in the power of prayer. Act as if you can take God at His or Her word.
- Real faith isn't praying without ceasing. It's believing that God heard you the first time.
- Being late hurts relationship. Imagine how awful your children feel when you're late for their school and sporting events.
- Instead of being predictably late, you can be the one most likely to show up early, the one everyone can count on. Life is unpredictable, but you don't have to be.
- Consult your own soul. Deep inside you already know the answers you need.
- It all depends on your view, so it helps to maintain perspective.
- Share your heart with someone who gets you, your humor, your music, your dreams. Don't date anyone who makes you miss out on the wonder of friends and family or you. Find someone who makes you smile, laugh, and float all the way home.
- God doesn't always call the strong. Sometimes you have to be weak enough to serve.
- When you have nothing, but faith, you have enough.
- Beatitude : a state of total happiness. "Blessed are the poor in spirit". The poor in spirit are blessed not because they are poor, not because they have nothing, but because they are attached to nothing but God. When you have nothing to cling to but faith, you have enough.
- Breathe into me, Holy Spirit, that all my thoughts may be holy. Move into me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attach my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may defend what is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may always be holy.
- Comfort the sick. When everyone else flees, be the one who stays.
- You have an endless supply of abundance from a wealthy Father who loves you, and so does everyone else.
- Start believing in a God of abundance, a God of prosperity. My money is God's money, and God has nothing against money.
- When you change how you think about money, your income will change. When I let go of my poverty mentality, my capacity to receive and give changed.
- Value each person you meet, no matter what his or her position is in the organization.
- "Carry people as you climb".
- It was always about enriching the lives of others.
- "Find your groove and ride it like a wave"
- Listen to yourself. Silence the voices all around you. People will come by and shake the snow globe that is your world. There's a true place for everyone. Yours doesn't belong to anyone else.
- You have to listen to the sound of your own soul. Deep down inside, you know what you are here for, what you are to be, what you are to do. It is where you will hear the deepest, clearest truth, away from clutter and static and noise of the world. It is the place where you will hear God speak to you, if you are willing to listen. The journey to your soul is the only journey that matters. And to travel there, you must go alone.
- You sit in the silence of you and listen. You'll hear what some call the small, still voice of God and others call intuition. Then you feed the passion that burns in you, whether it is a flickering spark that confuses you or a roaring flame that consumes you.
- It won't always be easy. You may be tempted to settle for less. You may worry about the competition. But no one else will be called to that one place that God has designed for you alone. No one can bring to that place your experiences, talents, strengths, weaknesses, desires dan dreams. Your place in life doesn't belong to anyone else.
- Isaiah 25:8 : He will swallow up death in victory, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces.
-is it kind? is it true? is it necessary?
-Words can heal
-Most people gossip to bond, to show off their wit, to cover for their lack of conversational skills, to get revenge, or to impress others.
- Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
- gossip= It's like quitting smoking. People who used to enjoy a pack a day kick the habit, then get irritated every time they catch a whiff of someone else's cigarette.
- Gossiping is a tough habit to break. Putting someone else down lifts you up- for about 5 seconds.
- If you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all.
- Keep a journal and log your thoughts, Practice releasing negative thoughts as soon as they come in and you recognize them as unhealthy, Focus your attention on how you can be of service to others (when in doubt, help someone else and get out of yourself), Distract yourself from overthinking (Every time you catch yourself stuck in worry, say something that lightens you up and distracts you from the worry. Use a word that jolts you away from the negative, like banana split, sunflowers, vacation); Allocate half an hour a day to overthinking; At the end of every week, jot down small achievements, victories, and blessing to savor.
- Is this thought a fact or is it a fiction I've conjured up that scares me? ; Is there solid proof to back this up as a fact? ; Does holding on to this thought enhance my life or diminish it? ; Does thinking this way increase or decrease my chances of being more happy, joyous, and free? Does thinking this way take me closer to the joy I want in my life or further away?
-Stay strong. Don't be afraid to start doing things with what you've got. Don't be afraid to aim higher.
-Perhaps some of the people you've encountered along this journey were there to teach you an important lesson. Or maybe you have been in someone's life for a reason.
- My hope is that when someone down the road asks you to help someone in need, you will remember that perhaps this is your chance to be in someone's life for a reason.
- First things first. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
- I pause, hold them all up in prayer, bless them, and release them. And in doing so, I release me, to be my best self where I'm needed most.
- A saint is someone who knows how much God loves them. To know that fully means you live without demands on others for anything; it's a love of God and others carried to extravagance.
- You don't have to possess supernatural powers to be a saint. It doesn't mean you are above being human. It means you are fully human. Sainthood isn't reserved for a chosen few, It's demanded of the many.
- Don't quit before the miracle happens. You can't quit before the miracle happens, and there might just be more than 1 miracle.
- Silence the noise, In times of doubt or indecision, pause and make room for God.
- Serenity prayer: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference".
- God will not have His work made manifest by cowards.
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola taught: To know, love, and serve God and be happy with God forever. Everything here is a gift created for us to experience God more fully. We are to keep those gifts if they enhance our growth or release those gifts if they diminish our growth.
November 14, 2024
Компактна кишенькова книжечка, яка містить в собі багато тепла та надії. Мені подобаються уроки Регіни Бретт, тому що вони справжні і завжди про пересічних людей, які знаходяться поряд, але ми ніколи не задумуємось, яка історія прихована за кожним з них. Вірю в те, що навіть не значний вчинок має свої наслідки і не має "маленьких" людей, просто перед нами ще не відкрилась цілісна картина. І історії людей з цієї книги, тому підтвердження.
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June 15, 2022Niektóre felietony były na prawdę w porządku, ale niektóre miały taki schemat przekazywania danej myśli/tematu, który zdecydowanie na mnie nie działa.
September 18, 2023
Pamiętam, że jak byłam młodsza o wiele bardziej mi się podobała, więc czytając to teraz poczułam duże rozczarowanie :(
February 4, 2024
Krótko i na temat, uwielbiam książki Reginy Brett. Kocham je za to, że każdy może je interpretować na swój indywidualny sposób, to jest najpiękniejsze.
June 29, 2025
Chyba nigdy nie znudzą mi się felietony tej artystki. Co prawda, tutaj mniej o 0,5⭐️ dałabym w stosunku do „Bóg nigdy nie mruga” ale nadal cudowne i motywujące!
July 18, 2022
2.5 // zdecydowanie lepsze niż „kochaj”
June 6, 2023
Nie wiem ile razy czytałam tę pozycję cztery, pięć...?
Jak zwykle plaster dla duszy
Jak zwykle plaster dla duszy
January 12, 2020
część książki przypadła mi do gustu, część nie. zdecydowanie preferowałam historię życia różnych ludzi opisywane przez autorkę niż jej własne historie, które dla mnie czytało się jak długie i rozwlekłe opowieści o wierze i Bogu. gdybym miała taką możliwość przeczytałabym jedynie niektóre z lekcji, bo jedynie niewiele wzbudziło we mnie jakiekolwiek emocje i pozwoliły mi się czegoś nauczyć, czego szczerze mówiąc oczekiwałam, biorąc pod uwagę tytuł.
May 5, 2016
Ciepło, prostota, pełnia dobroci i niesamowita głębia - tak w skrócie można opisać tą
książkę.
Autorka w 50 skondensowanych i wartościowych lekcjach przekazuję nam ogromnie wartościowe, łączące sferę życia i ducha porady, z których każda jest idealnie wyważona i trafiona dokładnie w punkt.
Mówiąc o tej pozycji nie sposób również wspomnieć o stylu w jakim dzieło zostało napisane.
Regina Brett mając za sobą dość spory bagaż doświadczeń na płaszczyźnie publicystycznej,
niezwykle płynnie operuję językiem, sprawiając, że obcowanie z tekstem staję się bardzo przyjazne i przyjemne.
Książka jako zbiór czterostronnicowych felietonów wymusza na nas dogłębne zastanowienie się nad naszym obecnym postępowaniem i nakłania do zmiany oraz pełnienia służby jako prawdziwe dziecko Boga..
No właśnie, ale dlaczego akurat Boga?
Sądzę tak, gdyż to on jest w dużej mierze centralną osią książki, wokół której orbitują wszystkie przemyślenia autorki. Wypełnia ją od początku do samego końca a jego nauki pojawiają się w co drugiej tytułowej "lekcji".
I choć mimo, że wielu z nas może nie mieć za wiele wspólnego z religijnością jak i duchowością
,uważam, że książka "Jesteś cudem" Reginy Brett jest warta poświęconego dla niej czasu a
każdy, kto szuka swojej drogi i spokoju życiowego powinien po nią sięgnąć ;)
książkę.
Autorka w 50 skondensowanych i wartościowych lekcjach przekazuję nam ogromnie wartościowe, łączące sferę życia i ducha porady, z których każda jest idealnie wyważona i trafiona dokładnie w punkt.
Mówiąc o tej pozycji nie sposób również wspomnieć o stylu w jakim dzieło zostało napisane.
Regina Brett mając za sobą dość spory bagaż doświadczeń na płaszczyźnie publicystycznej,
niezwykle płynnie operuję językiem, sprawiając, że obcowanie z tekstem staję się bardzo przyjazne i przyjemne.
Książka jako zbiór czterostronnicowych felietonów wymusza na nas dogłębne zastanowienie się nad naszym obecnym postępowaniem i nakłania do zmiany oraz pełnienia służby jako prawdziwe dziecko Boga..
No właśnie, ale dlaczego akurat Boga?
Sądzę tak, gdyż to on jest w dużej mierze centralną osią książki, wokół której orbitują wszystkie przemyślenia autorki. Wypełnia ją od początku do samego końca a jego nauki pojawiają się w co drugiej tytułowej "lekcji".
I choć mimo, że wielu z nas może nie mieć za wiele wspólnego z religijnością jak i duchowością
,uważam, że książka "Jesteś cudem" Reginy Brett jest warta poświęconego dla niej czasu a
każdy, kto szuka swojej drogi i spokoju życiowego powinien po nią sięgnąć ;)
April 15, 2018
Bagi kita yang hidup di kota besar, mungkin pernah terbersit pertanyaan semacam ini: "Di manakah Tuhan?" Penulis buku ini, yang merupakan seorang kolumnis surat kabar di Amerika, ingin membagikan berbagai kisah kemanusiaan yang terkait dengan kebaikan yang ilahi-ah dari orang-orang biasa di sekitarnya. Penulis juga menceritakan pengalaman pribadinya sebagai survivor penyakit kanker. Penulis adalah seorang penganut ajaran Katolik, namun pesan dalam buku ini tidak terlampau "religius" dan lebih banyak membahas pesan spiritualitas yang bersifat universal. Buku ini banyak membahas relasi sosial antar masyarakat Amerika yang mungkin berlawanan dengan anggapan umum di mana kehidupan masyarakat Amerika yang cenderung individualis. Menurut pemikiran pribadi saya, buku yang cenderung tebal ini lebih cocok untuk "dicerna seperti camilan" bukan untuk dihabiskan "sekali lahap". Cukup cocok untuk dibaca harian, mungkin satu bab setiap sebelum tidur malam. Apa yang saya tangkap, dengan membaca kisah inspiratif dari buku ini, penulis berharap pembaca dapat menyadari bahwa mereka pun dapat menjadi pembawa mukjizat bagi orang-orang di sekitar mereka. Be the Miracle!
May 24, 2016
The first time I read this collections of inspirational essays by Regina Brett, columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, I returned the library copy, went out and bought my own personal copy, and emailed a note to the author telling her how much I enjoyed the book. The second time, I considered buying copies for all my family members, and I ordered for myself a copy of the author's other books. Each chapter shares lessons she has learned from the many people she has encountered over the years, and reminds us that it only takes a single person to change and improve a corner of the world. But calling these 'lessons' makes them seem dry. This book is about PEOPLE, like the woman who not only cleans the restroom, a lowly job, but who sings to her customers. Or the greeter at the cancer center, who sings to everyone who enters. It would be ideal to read one lesson each day, but the book was so encouraging and optimistic and hopeful that I couldn't limit myself to just one--and I will continue to read this book over and over again. Highly recommended.
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