Literature Review

Time flies. It's up to you to be a navigator. ~ Robert Orben

Any new beginning is forged from the shards of the past, not from the abandonment of the past. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. ~Oprah Winfrey

Even one step a day gets you 365 steps farther in a year. ~ Andie Daniels 

I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. ~ Former President Jimmy Carter

Just be a good person. Love who you can, help where you can, give what you can. ~LessonsLearnedInLifeInc.

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. ~ Anne Frank We honor Hanukkuh with this powerful quote from  Anne Frank when she was a young teenager. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration in February/March 1945. If she were still alive, she would be 95.

"It came without ribbons! It came without tags!It came without packages, boxes or bags!"And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store."Maybe Christmas ... perhaps ... means a little bit more!"~ The Grinch, in Dr. Suess's How the Grinch Stole Christmas

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. ~ James Keller Editor's note: This holiday week experienced a prelude by Saturday's December 21st Winter Solstice and ushers in celebrations of Christmas Eve/Day (December 24-25), Hanukkah (December 25 - January 2), and Kwanzaa (December 26 - January 1). May be we create respect, dignity, and care for all--including those not identified here. May our lives light compassion for others. May we see the light in others, especially when different from our own.

The Joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing each other’s loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of the holidays. ~ W. C. Jones

Be yourself. Who else is better qualified? ~ Frank J. Giblin, Professor of Biomedical Sciences

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life, and to help you release your happiness to others. ~ Ludwig van BeethovenEditor's note: Happy Birthday to Ludwig van Beethoven, Dec. 17, 1770. He's my hero! What music helps you "with the burdens of life" and/or helps you "release your happiness to others"? I'd love to hear. Dr. Joy Berger, Editor in Chief; Author, Music of the Soul - Composing Life Out of Loss.

Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. – L.R. Knost