love doesn’t withhold, manipulate, play favorites, compete, hide, shut down, play games, or lie –
love simply gives. Then waits to receive with open heart and hands, it has no conditions or demands, but accepts, allows, supports, touches, tells the truth, commits, opens, and waits patiently.
Love simply loves, and, in so doing, love keeps growing – healthy and strong. Apply love to yourself first, and keep in mind – you can’t give someone something they don’t want. Which means sometimes you must remove people you love from your life. Loving people does not mean you allow yourself to be manipulated or mistreated…THAT’S NOT LOVE! As always, It is – what it is!!!
There is only one of each of us.
Unique in every way
You can’t be me
and I can’t be you.
Keep this thought right in your mind
As you go about your day.
We are living at this moment,
there are things for us to do.
There are no accidental people
No one is a mistake
We are here to share true love
All along the way
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Peace is Every Step
Peace is every step.
The shining red sun is my heart.
Each flower smiles with me.
How green, how fresh all that grows.
How cool the wind blows.
Peace is every step.
It turns the endless path to joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Joy to the World , the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.