What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! Colossians 1:27a The Passion Translation ********** How you begin your day will frequently determine how you end it….
Category: Thoughts & Obeservations
Seeing God Everywhere
And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely. Genesis 1:31a Amplified Bible, Classic Edition I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. George Washington Carver God writes…
L’Chaim! (To Life!)
You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.Psalm 16:10-11 New Living Translation God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how. Henry Ward Beecher It is always the…
Weeds … And Us
Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name. Sylvia Browne No…
Aging in Place
I have created you and cared for you since you were born. I will be your God through all your lifetime, yes, even when your hair is white with age. I made you and I will care for you. I will carry you along and be your Savior. Isaiah 46:3b-4 Living Bible Old age is not…
Growing Your Own Garden
(I came across these quotes while looking for other things. I just had to share them.) Stop watering things that were never meant to grow in your life. Water what works, what’s good, what’s right. Stop playing around with those dead bones and stuff you can’t fix, its over … leave it alone! You’re coming…
More Bits & Pieces
(Things I gleaned from my reading, although I don’t usually remember where I read it) Science has determined that both incivility and kindness are contagious. Like a virus, they’re transmitted from one person to the next. If we experience rudeness or kindness — even if we only witness them — we will tend toward that…
Staying Safe in Phase 2
These ideas come from Four concepts to assess your personal risk as the U.S. reopens, by Leana S. Wen, published in the Washington Post on May 21, 2020. Moving to a harm-reduction strategy. Concept 1. Relative risk. View risk through three variables:Proximity: the highest risk is being close to someone who’s infected, indoors, for a…
Historical Wisdom
Quotes from past Presidents They all had crises and difficulties in their time, but from some of our former presidents comes wisdom that resonates today. Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams Patience…
Courage
COURAGE: the ability to do something that frightens one; strength in the face of pain or grief. Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense…