| “These are glad tidings. This is the good news: that Christ is born every day, as us, and that God lives in each person through eternity. It does not matter what religion you belong to. Love is the only religion. So…Continue Christmas.”— Neale Donald Walsch So why did I post a Christmas quote in April? Because the Christ presence living in through and as us is always with us. Sometimes we need a gentle reminder to live this truth and show it through expressing the love of God to others. |
The Friday Affirmation
With my art, I am inspiring others and impacting lives.
Be Light
“The only way to eliminate the darkness around us is to be the light ourselves, instead of throwing other people under the bus.”― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon
I love this quote. In this world right now, we are throwing way too many people under the bus. The only way for this to stop is for each and every one of us to stop doing it. We can’t wait till everyone else stops. Go out there and be a light.
The Beginning
“The beginning is always today.” —Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Friday Affirmation
“I trust my intuition.”
Make Today Worth Remembering
“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.” ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Study War no More
To have war we must have people willing to fight. What if we all chose to study war no more?
Happy Quilting Day!
Every year quilters celebrate the 3rd Saturday of March as National Quilting Day. I will be hanging a few quilts outside my house today and have invited my neighbors to do likewise.
I learned years ago that many people warm feelings and good memories about quilts and quilters in their lives. When I was still making bed quilts I kept a loaded quilting frame in my large living room. It was quite a conversation piece. Everyone who came in the front door had a quilt story.
Quilts bring comfort. If we ever needed comfort it is now. So I encourage you, whether you are a quilter or not to celebrate National Quilting Day. Hang a quilt or two outside, visit a quilt show or a quilt shop, try your hand at a little quilting yourself or wrap up in Grandma’s quilt and enjoy the memories.
For more information on National Quilting Day or quilting in general visit:
https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/
The Friday Affirmation
“I am always being divinely guided.”
Moving Through Fear
“Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, reveling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.“ — bell hooks, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, 2003
I found this quote when bell hooks died in December. I was not familiar with her name or her books, but as I read her words they spoke to me.
Keeping people afraid is a very effective way of controlling us. It is used in businesses, churches and even by the leaders of our government. It has been so effective in recent years that it is threatening to undo much of the progress our country has made in trying to overcome the damage done by slavery and systemic racism.
As a country we have become so afraid many believe that only white Evangelical Christian Americans belong here. People who have differing opinions don’t even want to talk to each other, they just want to blame and point fingers.
It is time to start realizing we are acting out of fear and see the damage it is causing. Then we can start to move through the fear and start coming together to create a world of shared values and meaningful community.
To read more about bell hooks, the remarkable woman whose words inspired todays post go to this obituary published by CNN.
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