Thought for the Week From University Minister Ira DeSpain

These weekly thoughts are intended to stimulate your thinking and provide a context and backdrop for your life, work and study for the week ahead.

Fall Semester

Aug. 23-29

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
--George Washington Carver

Aug. 30-Sept. 5

I like the following quote, and it is a good reminder, especially when we enter new situations and new living and learning environments:

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
--Oprah Winfrey

At the same time, the opposite of this saying is also true. Search for people who need to be lifted higher, surround yourself with them, and give them a lift.