“Smile, and try to brighten up each person who crosses your path. Say words that will ‘edify and bring grace to the hearers.’” (Ephesians 4:29).

(Fr. Luke Veronis,  New Year’s resolutions for Christians)

BODIE STATE HISTORIC PARK, CA – MAY 20, 2012: The old Standard Company ore mill is a landmark at Bodie, a gold-mining ghost town from the late 1800s in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. The mining town is preserved in a state of “arrested decay” by the California State Parks System. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Archive Photos/Getty Images)