“You are a creation of God unequaled anywhere in the universe… Thank Him for yourself and then for all the rest of His glorious handiwork.” –Norman Vincent Peale, best-selling author and minister
Thought for Today
Thought for Today
“All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it . . . bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.” –Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Few Thoughts for the First Day of Autumn
Copyright 2008 by R.O. Robbins
“Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; And only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.” –Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As I get older I find myself more and more in tune with the changing seasons. Perhaps when I was younger I thought I was too busy to listen to messages from our mother the earth, or maybe I thought doing so would make me seem weird. As you get older, being weird doesn’t matter as much.
Listen to the wisdom of the changing seasons. This is mother earth’s way of preparing us for what lies ahead.
We already know what we need to weather seasonal changes. We just have to listen.
Thought for Today
 “Joy is not in things; it is in us.” — Richard Wagner
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Rising to the Call, Driving and Emily Dickinson
“We’d never know how high we are till we are called to rise; and then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the sky.” — Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson is one of my favorite poets. There are more modern ways the sentiment of todays quote has been expressed, but I love language and older ways of putting words together.
We really don’t know how much we can do until the situation calls for it. I have learned this lesson repeatedly during the past year as Bob’s eye problems have required me to take over responsibilities I was sure I could not manage, but so far everyone has survived. We still have a way to go but I am rising to the call.
Thought for Today
“Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sore of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.” — Edward de Bono
Thought for Today
“I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.” — Thomas A. Edison
If you could move anywhere…
… where would it be? If money and distance were no object where would you go? Would your choice be different if there were limitations?
Bob and I think about this now in deciding where to live in retirement. This is more difficult than you would think. Bob says his no limits choice would be New Zealand, I think mine would be Alaska. But there are limits and our first choice turned out to be not so good for us. So we’re back to the drawing board, trying to regroup and start making this about getting out of the city and having fun. Day and overnight trips here we come!
Where would you go if you could live anywhere? Have fun with this and let me hear from you.
Thought for Today and an Announcement
“Every day we live is a priceless gift of God, loaded with possibilities to learn something new, to gain fresh insights.” –Dale Evans Rogers
I am happy to introduce Bob’s new blog called Espirational Faith at espirational.org. Bob enjoys digging deep into theology and philosophy so if you do too, you will want to follow him. I will continue to post daily espiration here at espirational.com and look forward to seeing you around here as well.
Bob is trying to start discussion about and between followers of the various world religions. His current post invites everyone to share the “great flood story” from their own religious tradition. I think this will not only be interesting and enlightening by fun as well. Please stop by and share the flood story from your tradition or at least stop by and say HI! to Bob.
Thought for Today
“Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.” — Oprah Winfrey
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