“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” — Thomas Merton [Source: http://thinkexist.com/quotation/art_enables_us_to_find_ourselves_and_lose/225866.html]
Check Out Bob’s New Blog Post
Bob has a new blog post up today called Wait– Do You Know Where Your God Is? You will want to check this out, especially if you like to ponder the deep questions of life and spirit.
http://espirational.org/2015/04/08/wait-do-you-know-where-your-god-is/
Thought for Today
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee, O Lord” —Augustine – See more at: http://wf-f.org/StAugustine.html#sthash.8ixa1Rgq.dpuf
Thought for Today
“Not since the days of Plato and Buddha and Confucius, some 2500 years ago, has their been such an uprising of spiritual yearning. But instead of being a Mediterranean and Asian phenomenon, as it was then, the explosion of spirituality is now happening worldwide. “ — Jean Houston [Source: http://www.jeanhouston.com/blog/?p=178]
Thought for Today
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
– Confucius
Living in the Heart of God
Thought for Today
“God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him (Francois Fenelon, French mystical theologian).”
[Source: http://www.positiveprayers.com/famous-prayer-quotes.html%5D
Thought for Today
” ‘Presence of mind‘ is that state of being when the mind is present to what ‘is’ rather than being caught up in the inner world of idle mental chatter. You are not your mind. You are more than a mind. Our responsibility is to quieten the mind so that we can hear the voice of our intuition. Otherwise, the mind is forever jumping five seconds, minutes, weeks, months, or years into the future or the past.” — Petrea King
Thought for Today
“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self Reliance)
Reasons to Celebrate April
There are always reasons to celebrate life if you just look around you.
During April we have the obvious holidays we all know about, April Fool’s Day, Easter, Passover and Earth Day.
But did you know that April is also:
* National Humor Month
• International Guitar Month
• Keep America Beautiful Month
• Lawn and Garden Month
• National Poetry Month
• National Pecan Month
• Stress Awareness Month
Some of the more unique and fun ways to celebrate April include:
1 International Tatting Day Learn to tat and make some beautiful lace.
10 National Siblings Day Give your brothers and sisters a call.
14 Look up at the Sky Day People will wonder what you are doing and you could have a beautiful view.
25 World Penguin Day Let’s not forget those cute birds in tuxedos.
This collection of holidays was put together with help from http://holidayinsights.com
For more information on April holidays and celebrations you might be interested in these selections from Espirational Books:
April Fool’s Day – Fool Me Once, Feed Me Twice – April Fool’s Day Recipes For Frolicking Family Fun
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