Little Detours Regina Brett

Don't quit even after the miracle happens. There might be more than one miracle. Or you might miss a deeper miracle you can’t yet see.

Comparison is the thief of joy, President Theodore Roosevelt said.

We are all in this world for something greater than self, some holy mission, an assignment, a calling that is yours and yours alone. Your whole life belongs to that mission, even the parts you don’t always love or like.

God doesn’t want fake praise and phony prayers.

You don’t have to take a giant leap or complete a five-year plan or an Excel spreadsheet. Just take the next right step.

Cancer is a big wake-up call. Once you get it, you don’t go back to sleepwalking through life. You say “Yes!” to life — the good, the bad, the ugly, to all of it. You love life as is, with no conditions, with no complaints.

When you stay centered on what really matters, your relationship with a God who loves you unconditionally, your entire life becomes a prayer. And a joy.