Today’s Thought
By Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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EACH TODAY
Kazuo Kage of Wailuku, Maui, said, “Live each today so that when each tomorrow comes, each today will be a pleasant yesterday.” This is a good philosophy....
Faith In Humanity
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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Every year the men of the 27th Wolfhound Infantry at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, invite a child from a Japanese orphanage in Osaka, Japan, as their guest of honor....
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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BEING NEUTRAL
A man described how he avoided getting involved in squabbles, “I just put myself in neutral and take it easy.” The trouble with the world is that...
Only One Problem
In these days of pressure and tension, we are driven almost to distraction by our work. How many times have you thought as you went to bed, “How can I ever meet all the...
Humanity Is One
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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Confucianism teaches: “All within the four seas are brothers.” For Buddhism, “There is no caste in blood, which runneth of one hue.” Christianity holds that “God hath made...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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SAYING “NO”
The two-letter word “NO” has to be said often to keep our life sane and simple. Some people cannot utter this little word and keep on accepting...
Keeping Up With The Jonses
Many people lie awake at night worrying abougt how to make both ends meet. Rising prices and soaring taxes harass and annoy them. They try to stretch an income to obtain innumerable things they...
Today’s Thought
By Rev. Paul S. Osumi
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AN OPTIMIST
“An optimist is like a tea kettle that manages to whistle even though it is up to its neck in hot water.” An optimist in actual life:...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi | Reprinted with permission| Bennett Cerf, a famous publisher-author-lecturer, exhorted a Honolulu audience: “Be happy. Go around with a grin and expect to have a good time and you’ll have one....
Today’s Thought
By Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
“Give me a good digestion, Lord, and also something to digest; Give me a healthy body, Lord, with a sense to keep it at its best; Give me...