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Originally published on March 9, 2010.
Have you ever gotten so annoyed at some little thing that you missed the goodness of the moment?
May I not miss beauty.
May I not miss joy.
May I not miss wonder.
Keep me awake and aware of the world.
— Ceisiwr Serith
Today’s post is about an ordinary day about to go off track. AND about an extraordinary vista I almost missed in my haste and aggravation.
This morning I organized my “out” chores and clustered them together… I aimed to get in several errands before Continue reading » I Almost Missed It…
Are middle-of-the-night worries hosing your sleep?
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.
— John Jay Chapman
From my Not-Quite-Daily-Insights-Journal: …Things that made perfect sense worrying about all night long [now] by the light of day make no sense at all; I wakefully toss and turn fretting and deciding and then about 5AM fall into a sound sleep from which I awaken with only a sense that something is wrong but try as I might I cannot resurrect the perfect sense-nonsense anymore… SIGH. Solutions so fretfully won have evaporated into confused mist. What was I thinking? Continue reading » Drinking from a Fire Hose – Gulp!
Are you ready for a downhill run?
There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill.
— Turkish Proverb
The Cyclists Warning Sign in today’s photo got me thinking about the downhill runs all of us, sooner or later, are likely to encounter… and I wondered how we might (metaphorically speaking) test our brakes before we found ourselves speeding down a mountain out of control. Is it possible there are precautions we could put in place now that would make us better prepared for such eventualities?
Yes, I think so. But in order for those precautions to be available to us we need to Continue reading » Try Your Brakes Now
If you don’t know where you’re going, can you get there from here?
We can’t have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
— Saint Thomas Aquinas
Recently I wrote about my frustration at not having a vision for going forward: And, as often happens, a teacher (several in fact) appeared… First I came upon a simple e-mail poem that struck a chord:
It is only a tiny rosebud, a flower of God’s design;
But I cannot unfold the petals with these clumsy hands of mine.
The secret of unfolding flowers is not known to such as I.
GOD opens this flower so easily, but in my hands they die.
If I cannot unfold a rosebud, this flower of God’s design,
Then how can I have the wisdom to unfold this life of mine?
So I’ll trust in God for leading each moment of my day.
I will look to God for guidance in each step of the way.
The path that lies before me, only my Lord knows.
I’ll trust God to unfold the moments, just as He unfolds the rose.
— Unknown
Interesting, simple analogies about roses and butterflies are teaching me that I don’t need to figure it all out right now, I can figure it out as it unfolds…
The Power of Intention
Continue reading » Start Somewhere
Independence Day is the national holiday of the United States of America commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
— from www.holidays.net
Fireworks, boat parades, concerts, family picnics … and prayer. Those are all on my agenda for the days surrounding the 4th of July 2010. And if I could find a street parade, I’d gladly add it to my list of celebratory plans. How about you? What will you be up to? Camping? Heading out of town? Sta-cationing again this year? Barbecuing with family and friends?
When Did You Last Read the Declaration of Independence?
Or, perhaps I should ask, have you ever read it in its entirety?
Americans enjoy a level of freedom not found in many parts of the world. Among these liberties are the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the right to peaceably assemble. In today’s world these liberties can easily be taken for granted.
— Bryan Jackson
If you’re like me, it’s been a while since you’ve studied U.S. History. And I confess, I’ve mistakenly come to think of the Declaration of Independence as saying:
…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…
Continue reading » How Will You Celebrate Independence Day?
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