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Be a Bringer of the Light. For your light can do more than illuminate your own path. Your light can be the light which truly lights the world. |
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Daily Examen At the end of the day find a relaxing place, clear your mind, and ask two simple questions: 1) For what moment today am I most grateful? 2) For what moment today am I least grateful?
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A Good Book To read a book is magical Just me and my imagination From the humdrum of days, it transports me To sun sand and a special vacation
Every thing around me fades Gray skies and storm weather I see me lying on a beach Or floating on water like a feather
Humdrum days no more for me I solve a complicated mystery Or reading of days long gone by And catching up on history
Reading a book is like traveling To places far away Exotic sights and foreign ports Something exciting every day
When things are making you gloomy Find a book that makes you laugh When you find you need relaxing Take your book into the bath
Make every day an adventure When you open a brand new book You'll discover something wonderful If you just take time to look
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When your hut’s on fire.. The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One day after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out, ‘God! How could you do this to me?’ Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him. ‘How did you know I was here?’ asked the weary man of his rescuers. ‘We saw your smoke signal,’ they replied. The Moral of this story: It’s easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn’t lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of our pain and suffering. Remember that next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of God. |
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The modalities
of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and
enthusiasm. Modality means the underlying energy that flows
into what you do and connects your actions. If you are not
in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment or enthusiasm,
look closely and you will find that you are creating
suffering for yourself and others. “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose” by Eckhart Tolle |
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Thin Places A friend at work the other day shared with me an age-old concept from Celtic literature from Ireland, England, and Scotland, known as “thin places.” This was a cool, new lesson for me. Many of you may realize that “thin places” are the places where it is believed the veil or curtain separating heaven and earth is the thinnest; the place where the membrane between God and humans becomes especially permeable and people become aware of God’s presence. My friend said his pastor challenged in his message, to look in daily life’s common occurrences, for the opportunity to find “thin places.” “Mountain top” experiences may seem out of reach, but I believe they are far easier to find, if we are eagerly looking for them and want to make ordinary become extraordinary. To capture the essence, we probably need to be moving at a calm speed. I used to reach those 4 way stops and get irritated by other drivers who rudely went out of turn, didn’t know the “rules”, and even those kind folks, who just waved everyone through the intersection, bothered me. Now, I just laugh and realize it really is no big deal in the scheme of things. |
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| Tap into the energy that flows all around you. Let it move you. Fuel you. Beckon you forever forward. Channel a source of power that is yours to behold. Be driven by the vibrancy that resides within your spirit. Rise to every challenge. Rise past new limits. Driven by the force that lives within you. | |||
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IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day. I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. I would have talked less and listened more. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded. I would have eaten the popcorn in the ‘good’ living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace. I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth. I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband. I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed. I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains. I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.
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Seven Wonders of the World
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Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God |
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Be Like the Bird
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Maureen, Florida |
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The Fishing Pole A fishing pole’s a curious thing; It’s made of just a stick and string; A boy at one end and a wish, And on the other end a fish. Mary Carolyn Davies |
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She remained true to
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“Into His hands I lay the fears that haunt me, The dread of future ills that may befall; Into His hands I lay the doubts that taunt me, And rest securely, trusting Him for all.” Christiansen |
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"On the
fulfillment of your Divine Self": Do not waste the precious moments of this, your present reality, seeking to unveil all of life's secrets. Those secrets are secret for a reason. Grant your God the benefit of the doubt. Use your Now Moment for the Highest Purpose- the creation and the expression of Who You Really Are. Decide Who You Are- Who you want to be- and then do everything in your power to be that. |
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| A boy was riding on a train alone. The stranger sitting across from him asked him if he was traveling alone. The boy said yes, that it was his first time to travel. The stranger asked him if he was scared. The little boy said "No sir, you see my father is waiting for me on the other end." | |||
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| Remember oh most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by thy confidence, I fly unto thee, Oh virgin of virgins, my mother. To thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. Oh, mother of the word incarnate, despise not my petition, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen | |||
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One
Day At A Time
by Annie Johnson Flint One day at a time, with its failures and fears, With its hurts and mistakes, with its weakness and tears, With its portion of pain and its burden of care; One day at a time we must meet and must bear. One day at a time to be patient and strong; To be calm under trial and sweet under wrong; Then its toiling shall pass and its sorrow shall cease; It shall darken and die, and the night shall bring peace. One day at a time-but the day is so long, And the heart is not brave, and the soul is not strong, O Thou pitiful Christ, be Thou near all the way; Give courage and patience and strength for the day. Swift cometh His answer, so clear and so sweet; "Yea, I will be with thee; thy troubles to meet; I will not forget thee, nor fail thee, nor grieve; I will not forsake thee; I never will leave." Not yesterday's load we are called on to bear, Nor the morrow's uncertain and shadowy care; Why should we look forward or back with dismay? Our needs, as our mercies, are but for the day. One day at a time, and the day is His day; He hath numbered its hours, though they haste or delay. His grace is sufficient; we walk not alone; As they day, so the strength that He giveth His own. |
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| Who's hand is it in? A basketball in my hands is worth about $19. A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million. It depends whose hands it's in. A baseball in my hands is worth about $6. A baseball in Mark McGuire's hands is worth $19 million. It depends on whose hands it's in. A tennis racket in my hands is useless. A tennis racket in Venus Williams' hands is worth $22 million. It depends whose hands it's in. A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal. A rod in Moses' hands will part the mighty sea. It depends whose hands it's in. A sling shot in my hands is a kid's toy A sling shot in David's hand is a mighty weapon. It depends whose hands it's in. Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands is a couple of fish sandwiches. Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God's hands will feed thousands. It depends whose hands it's in. Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse. Nails in Jesus Christ's hands will produce salvation for the entire world. It depends whose hands it's in. As you see now it depends whose hands it's in. So put your concerns, your worries, your fears, your hopes, your dreams, your family and your relationships in God's hands because... It depends whose hands it's in. This message is now in your hands. What will YOU do with it? It depends on WHO'S hands it's in!! | |||
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A Healing Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ have mercy as You will and as You know And lift me from my suffering my worry and my woe In confidence to you I pray That I might persevere, with You beside me through this strife There's nothing I need fear Sustain me in my time of need I hope all things in You Relying on your promise That you make all things new! Pat & Rita |
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Don’t Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill, When funds are low, and debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you quit. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar. So, stick to the fight when you are hardest hit- It’s when things go wrong that you mustn’t quit. -Author Unknown |
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IN HIS SIGHT Searching through the cloudless sky for something in that great expanse I see far off a fluttering shape insignificant in the great blue space Closer as I watched entranced a small bird caught in swirling winds, whirling, struggling to escape the Spring wind’s powerful force At last when all seems truly lost with feathers ruffled and nearly spent, the small shape, mightily, with one last try, breaks through to calmer air below Watching the power of Nature’s wrath how wonderful the small bird seems to struggle through with all his might to reach the refuge far below Each day we find that life is hard We struggle against overwhelming odds, but God has given us inner strength to meet the task and do much more How could the Master not watch me, so beautifully in His image made, when he watches over the tiny bird, and counts all the creatures in His sight Joy Johnson |
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Told she had cancer, days were no longer normal, life became precious.
Family and friends, strength for the fight of her life, she is not alone. Sally Lake |
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