Soul Lace

 Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

 Some would say that traffic is equivalent to entry into Dante’s Inferno. …

I find that we tend to overuse the word “faith,” in such a way that it becomes unclear what specific meaning it may have for us.  Sometimes we think of “faith” as something that we are given and that which we must develop and do something with. …

Have you ever applied for and/or been selected for a particular job only to find out once you actually report to work that the “duties” are not at all what you had understood them to be?  Employers sometimes tend to use exaggerations and embellishments in job descriptions, perhaps to entice the applicants and/or to give the person who gets the position the sense that what they are doing in the job carries great importance and prestige. …

 Some of us, who can plan for the future, invest in stocks.  I have less than a layman’s understanding of investments and financial portfolios, but it seems that choosing a “promising” investment or stock option can be both risky and beneficial. …

As I have mentioned before, I wander off and have done so from a very early age on.  As entertaining as the stories of my wandering escapades are to hear, they also serve for good reflection as an adult.  One of my favorite stories is when I was at my grandparents’ house with my family at a party.  …