Regina Brett Quotes
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While journalists cannot right every wrong, champion every cause or fix every problem, they can - through the written word - lift someone's burden for a day, make some elderly woman on a bus smile or let them know they are noticed by someone.
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It's OK to let your children see you cry.
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You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
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Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
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No one really has a bad life. Not even a bad day. Just bad moments.
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Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he's challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror.
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Eating something fresh out of the oven is like a hug you can taste.
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Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse.
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The last watch I wore felt like a handcuff. When I need to know the time, I check my cell phone.
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The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.
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It takes tough love to order kids to step away from the iPhone or iPad during dinner or to take the devices away if they're interrupting and interfering with everyone else's pleasure at a movie, concert or other public event.
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There were two kinds of women: those who wear nail polish and those who don't. Which do you prefer?
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It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
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Forgive everyone everything.
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However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor's pies. I also hid the book of 'Grimm Fairy Tales.' They're just too grim for my grandkids. Reality will come soon enough.
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For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.
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We all have a personal pool of quicksand inside us where we begin to sink and need friends and family to find us and remind us of all the good that has been and will be.
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Bakers get excited over aprons. I love the soft cotton ones with pockets like my gramma and mom wore. They always kept a hankie tucked in one pocket, which wasn't sanitary, but was comforting to the child who needed a tear or nose wiped.
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Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
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We want someone else to act. But miracles aren't what other people do. They're what each of us does. They're what happens when ordinary people take extraordinary action. To be a miracle doesn't mean you have to tackle problems across the globe. It means making a difference in your own living room, cubicle, neighborhood, community.
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Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
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I once heard someone say that prayer is more than words. It's a stance you take, a position you claim. You throw your body against the door to keep the demons from advancing and stay put until they go away.
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When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again.
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There are few places you can find silence. Air travel could be the last fortress of solitude.
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Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.
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Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
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Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
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