"We know we are shining though we cannot see one another." --James Wright
"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough." --Garrison Keillor
"And he said unto me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." So I shall boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong." --II CORINTHIANS 12:9-10