Take A Moment

What I aspired to be and was not 

comforts me

Robert Browning

Stop, Please

And take a moment to look at where your life is now

Now-Look behind you (just for a moment) at where you have been

and be grateful

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“The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.”

Job 17:9

Expectations

The afternoon knows what the morning never expected

Swedish Proverb

Surprises

Around every corner

Across every mile

At the turn of the page

Or the turn of a head

Surprises

Oh, the things we do not know

that is what is wonderful about every day

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  He changes times and seasons;  

he removes kings and sets up kings;

he gives wisdom to the wise 

and knowledge to those who have understanding

Daniel 2:21

Featuring the  paintings of Edmund Tarbell

Throwing Them A Curve

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight

Phyllis Diller

Andy Rooney said: 

when you smile when nobody else is around

you mean it

Right as always, Andy....

but

If you smile when others are around

you share it

and that's a good thing, too

Today-

you will see so many people without a smile in their eyes

Dennis Waitley said;

a smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside

Today- throw them a curve!

Give them smile they cannot seem to manage on their own

I bet you get it back!

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A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. 

Proverbs 15:13

Branching Out

(He) emerges from the slightly chaotic den of papers and books he calls his study, 

whose windows look out on to the forest.

Borjo Hermoso

From an interview with Jurgen Habermas 

We talk about not seeing the forest for the trees

But what about not seeing the joy through the tears

 Or life through greyness of  the every day

We plant a life

But do we ever put down roots

So we can grow- no matter what?

Forests and trees

Life and  its changes

Are you watching?

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Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.  

I Chronicles 16:33

 

Cloudy with a Chance of Hope

Life...it tends to respond to our outlook, 

to shape itself to meet our expectations.

Richard M DeVos

                                        Your life is your open book to which you are daily adding  the pages

 The stitches you place upon the fabric of your life

 that passes through your hands every day.

                                                               You are the memories that you carry
                                                                     and the memories you make
                                                                           It is all in how you see it

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                                           May the words of my mouth 
                          and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, 
                                         O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. 
                                                         Psalm 19:14

Begin Now

The best you can be

The kindest you can be

The most peaceful you can be

The most generous you can be

the more life you will live

Winston Churchill said

We make a living by what we get

We make a life by what we give

So...start

 now

Are you ready?

Go!

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"But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal"

Matthew 6:20

Play Nice with Others

The world is so full of suffering-

and it is also the overcoming of it

Helen Keller

Bad things happen

Good people step in

unkind words hurt

Kind words seek to help

Bad can take away so much

Good can give so much back

Today-

Go...be good to one another

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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:21