According to science, the universe began as a swirl of gas that, as it cooled, spun off the Ten Commandments.

Robert Breault

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God answers first the prayers we should have prayed. by Robert Breault

God answers first the prayers we should have prayed.

prayer should-have answers

Looking back on a happy life, one realizes that one was not happy... by Robert Breault

Looking back on a happy life, one realizes that one was not happy all the time.

realizing happiness happy-life

Sometimes I imagine a get-together where I introduce my family to my blogger friends and my blogger friends introduce my family to me.

internet together sometimes

If you don't decide what your life is about, it defaults to what... by Robert Breault

If you don't decide what your life is about, it defaults to what you spend your days doing.

default purpose life-is

I don't know that there are haunted houses. I know that there are dark staircases and haunted people.

dark house people

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason... by Robert Breault

In the end the reason for anything is inseparable from the reason for everything.

ends wise reason

After a lifetime of deep thought, I've decided that life is a distraction, but probably not from anything important.

deep-thought important life-is

I find in old age that it's possible to revisit the past, the one requirement being that you come as you are.

requirements age past

What you don't realize as a kid is that if your parents are always going to be there for you, they aren't going to be somewhere else doing exciting and glamorous things.

parent somewhere-else kids

You live long enough in a world spinning on its axis, you learn t... by Robert Breault

You live long enough in a world spinning on its axis, you learn to spin in the same direction.

axes life long

Material success is always tempered by the recollection that there was some kind of happiness that was supposed to come with it.

recollection kind success

Fate, Chance, God’s Will — we all try to account for our lives somehow. What are the chances that two raindrops, flung from the heavens, will merge on a windowpane? Gotta be Fate.

fate heaven two

Yes, to be a good parent, you have to sacrifice, but this is not a requirement of parenting, it is a requirement of being good at something.

effort sacrifice parent

Among the things that you, and you alone, are the absolute and final judge of is whether or not you are a success.

finals judging success

No matter what it is, if you aren't happy striving for it, you wo... by Robert Breault

No matter what it is, if you aren't happy striving for it, you won't be happy achieving it.

strive effort matter

Though the barriers of life seem formidable, we find when we chal... by Robert Breault

Though the barriers of life seem formidable, we find when we challenge them that they have no will.

formidable effort challenges

How do you achieve success? Well, for one thing, you don't define... by Robert Breault

How do you achieve success? Well, for one thing, you don't define it before you achieve it.

wells achieve success

Words from the past: "It's a clever idea, Mr. Bell, but don't wir... by Robert Breault

Words from the past: "It's a clever idea, Mr. Bell, but don't wire us, we'll wire you.

clever past ideas

Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in.

effort destiny sometimes

For every "Drive Safely" sign, shouldn't there be a "Resume Norma... by Robert Breault

For every "Drive Safely" sign, shouldn't there be a "Resume Normal Driving" sign?

resumes driving normal