“Every sunrise is a blessing wrapped in golden light.”

Source https://blessinaire.com/200-uplifting-blessings-quotes-for-peace-and-inspiration/

I try to be out walking early enough to watch the sunrise. It is not unusual for me to let out a squeal of delight and say out loud, What a beautiful sunrise! Thank you Mother Earth! Thank you Father God! How do you greet the new day?

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division. Rev, Jesse Jackson

The Reverend Jesse Jackson died February 17, 2026. I heard him speak on my college campus in 1976. His words as well as his presence were powerful. When I think back on the great leaders of the past I wonder who will lead us out the wilderness we find ourselves in now.

“In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well-stocked fish pond… If we don’t give some attention to upkeep, our well is apt to become depleted, stagnant, or blocked…As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them — to restock the trout pond, so to speak.” —Julia Cameron

Okay, so I laughed the first time I read the words, “restock the trout pond” from Julia Cameron. But this is so right. We can’t just keep drawing from our internal creative resources. Just like we must restock our art supplies we must replenish our creativity. We can do this by taking a break and paying attention to the world around us. Meditation and visualization are also tools I like to use.

I also like to do a little creative play. I take my scraps and just throw them on a small piece of felt. I play with them a little till I get a look I like. Then I throw a piece of tulle over the whole mess and quilt the heck out of it. I cut it to business card size and glue it to a piece of cardstock with my contact information on the back. If you ask me for a business card, this is what you get. But I never sit down to make business cards — I just play.

How do you “restock the trout pond?.”

“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

Yes we must work at peace. But it isn’t always easy, is it? Working at peace means being kind to that neighbor who irritates us, helping those in need, even if it isn’t convenient, and practicing mindfulness to keep us calm and centered so those little irritations in life don’t get to us.

Let us keep working at peace and walking in peace. Blessings.

“So live in the light of resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorius, never-ending, joyful dance of grace.” — Tim Keller

When you focus on the good, the good gets better.

I know this is true. So why can it be so difficult to put into practice?

“There is beauty and power in unity. We must be united in heart and mind. One world, one people.” —Lailah Gifty Akita

I have decided to set a theme for this month. It is unity. As I began look for quotes sadness came over me as I realized that there are people who would disagree and even want to start an argument of the concept of unity. But as children of the light we must carry on, united in heart, mind and spirit.

Remember there is power in unity.