• Use your life as a tool for good
• Silence can be an uncomfortable hole that we try to fill
• Being too focused on making your point can stop your ears from truly listening
• Bad habits can wrap themselves around us like roots
• Covered up rot is still rot
• Allow removal of hurtful and negative practices
• Clods must be broken up for the ground to be softened
• Space provides room for growth
• What we put in our lives influences what is produced
• Plant good ideas and strong character
• Avoiding work is like leaving a tool to rust in the rain
• Dig and cultivate to produce nourishment for all
• Hold tightly to values, truth, and faith
• We get a better handle on the Word by reading it often

from “Reflections from the Everyday”
by Charlotte-Anne Allen