God and Man
Julia Ward Howe one day was talking to Charles Sumner, a distinguished Senator from Massachusetts. She asked him to interest himself in the case of a person who needed some help. The Senator answered, "Julia, I've become so busy I can no longer concern myself with individuals." Julia replied, "Charles, that is quite remarkable. Even God hasn't reached that stage yet."

We must guard against being smugly satisfied with what we are and what we have done. We must grow. Even though we are so small and the world so large, there is still much to accomplish if we will live as God wants us to live and be the type people he would have us to be.

My boss used to tell me to take the bull by the tail and look at problems straight in the face. I'll never forget that.