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Cultivating gratitude and joy

Quote of the day:  “Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.”  ~ May Sarton In our search for meaning in life, it’s easy to overlook the simple joys of laughter, loving, sharing, giving.  I have created a gratitude bowl with little slips of paper listing ordinary things I am grateful for.  Each day I draw one of the slips of paper and place it face up in the bowl.  Each time I pass the bowl, I remember to be grateful. Cultivating gratitude and Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Ordinary miracles, they’re all around

Quote of the day: “ A miracle is when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. A miracle is when one plus one equals a thousand.”  ~ Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace Waking up, walking to my kitchen, looking out at a foggy world – an ordinary day – and it’s all a miracle!  I’ve been longing for a good foggy morning to get out and take a few photos.  This morning after exercising at the pool, I walked across the road to the nearby lake and shot these photos.  Amazing to have such mild weather Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Be an Instrument of love

Quote of the day: “Remember your true purpose, WHICH is only Love. wonder.” ~ Sark I used to think that I had to do something BIG or SPECIAL in life, to have some NOBLE life purpose. But the older I get, the less all of that matters.  A simple act of kindness, loving thought, silent prayer, feeling of gratitude are enough purpose for me.  Love wins. Yesterday I had several projects queued up and had difficulty deciding which one to work on when. So I did a little of this and a little of that as the spirit moved me.  I Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

What would you do if you were brave?

Quote of the day: “Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.”  ~ Frances Rodman Bravery isn’t always about heroic deeds or big hairy goals.  Sometimes it’s like a quiet whisper in the night:  to follow your dreams to not give up to do the work even when you don’t feel like it to perform an act of kindness to trust that you are enough just as you are Where do you need to be brave Read more…

By Marilyn, ago