There comes a day when it no longer matters what others think. All that matters now is that we follow our own lead. That we no longer resist the urge to get our feet wet. At the waterside. At the harbour, where we draw our own tide. Yes all that matters now is that we … More A Poem: There comes a day
These three remain – Faith, Hope and Love. Let’s teach our children, not of things which they must strive to obtain. For one day they might find such things to be built on sand. To be made of such stuff that dissolves in their hands; when they cling too hard, or too firmly depend. Instead … More A Poem: These Three Remain
Songs have breath. Music has width, and length, and breadth. Our voice has a sound still, that can lift us beyond our grief. Our fingers still, can touch the notes that bring release. For God is not dead. His love, wide and long, and deep, defies our measurement. And when loss lowers our utterances to … More A Poem: Song
Don’t wait for the perfect. Life is here right now. Shadows and light, the losses and the gains make a rich fabric of our days. Depth discerned by a light in the dark, that we hold like a lantern and pick our way. The shadows across the river’s face give a hue I would never … More A Poem: Perfect
Faith is a key Fear is a lock Faith, the fabric that covers me. Fear the incessant cold. Faith, the shield fear’s arrows clear. And the one who seeks for me. Until faith then becomes the door I go in and out restored. Ana Lisa de Jong Living Tree Poetry April 17 Image courtesy of … More A Poem: The Door
“Our hearts and minds desire clarity. We like to have a clear picture of a situation, a clear view of how things fit together, and clear insight into our own and the world’s problems. But just as in nature colours and shapes mingle without clear-cut distinctions, human life doesn’t offer the clarity we are looking … More Daily Inspiration, 30 Mar 17
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Dr Suess “It’s the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.” Henry David Thoreau “A man is rich in proportion to the number of things … More Daily Inspiration, 27 Mar 17
“Love can take broken things and make them beautiful” Ellie Holcomb “Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “That is my prayer to God every day: ‘Remove the veils so I might see what is really happening here, and not be intoxicated by my stories and my fears.” Elizabeth Lesser … More Daily Inspiration, 16 Feb 17
“To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nothing is permanent in this world. Not even our troubles” Charlie Chaplin “Heaven will solve our … More Daily Inspiration, 14 Feb 17
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.” Maya Angelou “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” Scott Adams “We are not … More Daily Inspiration, 7 Feb 17
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