Tag Archives: beauty

Sheer Joy of Existence

“This is part of the involuntary bargain we make with the world just by being alive. We get to experience the splendor of nature, the beauty of art, the balm of love and the sheer joy of existence, always with the knowledge that illness, injury, natural disaster, or pure evil can end it in anContinue reading “Sheer Joy of Existence”

Where we Belong

“If we only had eyes to see and ears to hear and wits to understand, we would know that the Kingdom of God in the sense of holiness, goodness, beauty is as close as breathing and is crying out to born both within ourselves and within the world; we would know that the Kingdom ofContinue reading “Where we Belong”

Choosing Heaven

“We may not be aware of it, but we choose either heaven or hell all the time. Every time we choose to hope, every time we choose to forgive and to let go of our resentments, we choose heaven, we choose life.” Quoted from Jocelyn Soriano’s blog I Take off the Mask  We choose toContinue reading “Choosing Heaven”

Who Measures Up?

When it comes to the world’s idea of beauty, who really “measures up?”  Is it even possible when the picture of the “ideal body” is constantly changing?  Not to mention that ideas of beauty vary from culture to culture. I was born in the late 1950’s so the picture of physical beauty I grew upContinue reading “Who Measures Up?”