You learn to live with storms in the American Midwest, but I don’t think you ever get used to them. We live in a manufactured home. Thankfully, they aren’t built like they used to be. Newer models have vinyl or wood siding and shingled roofs, so we don’t have to deal with the sound ofContinue reading “Till the Storm Passes By”
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Thought for Today
“We need to meditate on what is peaceful. Once we have ‘filled up’ in this way, we once again have an abundance of love to send out into the world.” — Jean Shinoda Bolen [Source: http://www.doonething.org/quotes/innerpeace-quotes.htm%5D
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“Peace comes from being able to contribute the best that we have, and all that we are, toward creating a world that supports everyone. But it is also securing the space for others to contribute the best that they have and all that they are.” — HafsatAbiola in Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope inContinue reading “Thought for Today”
Thought for Today
[Photo Source: MorgueFile] “Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” — George Bernard Shaw
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Love, real love, powers everything good. Let your life be an expression of your love of God, your love of all people around the world, and your love of all God’s other creations.— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.”— Andre Gide Source: [http://thinkexist.com/quotations/freedom/]
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“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia[Source: http://www.goodreads.com%5D
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“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”–– C. S. Lewis [Source: http://www.joyprogram.com/%5D
Morning Thoughts
I try to get down to the water early in the morning for quiet time alone with God and my thoughts. I call this “sunrise service.” Sometimes Grandma is with me in memory as I think of how much she would have liked this place. Sometimes there is musical accompaniment (in my head, I don’t haveContinue reading “Morning Thoughts”
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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.— The Buddha
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