Delene

“Suppressing a smile isn’t easy. The happiness always creeps out somehow. But sadness can be stashed under the skin like a dark secret. It doesn’t need tears to make its presence felt”
― A.M. Shine, The Watchers

“Personal leadership is cultivating the wisdom to recognize our need for renewal and to ensure that each week provides activities that are genuinely re-creational in nature”
― Stephen R. Covey, First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There

“Would you be surprised if I should tell you that I, too, have had periods of perplexity, uncertainty, and doubt; that I, too, have known the darkness, fogginess, and chill of the valley which lies between illuminated peaks of faith and confidence, and that only the memory of the hilltops along the road over which I have come coupled with the somewhat misty vision of others still ahead has given me the courage to plod on when I was tempted to “chuck it all,” to wrap myself in the comfortless blanket of doubt and self commiseration and just quit the field.
Well I have had that experience. But this I can say positively, that each peak which I have climbed has seemed higher and more inspiring than the last, due at least in part, I think, to the dark background of the valley through which I came. Sharp contrasts are sometimes most revealing.”
― Hugh B. Brown

“Old men sit in the shade because they planted a tree many years before. (African Proverb: Uganda)”
― Sam Chege, Life Is God's Best Gift: Wisdom from the Ancestors on Finding Peace and Joy in Today's World