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this one’s for me today…
In receiving we heal others
In giving we heal ourselves
– unknown
Both sides of giving are equally as important and this truth is one of the most important parts of healing – ourselves, others and our world. We are here to help each other. It takes understanding of both parts and the willingness to be both the healer and the healed. Vulnerability and tenderness. This is community. This is my path of learning today – my dear friends, so many God has brought into my life right now – are teaching me so much! God is definitely in the neighborhood. 🙂
We have been sent into the world to be living witnesses of God’s unconditional love. – Henri Nouwen
Instead of putting others down, try improving yourself
instead. The only person you have a right to compete with is
you. In the meantime, treat others how you’d like to be
treated. One trait that some of the best (communicators) share
is empathy. A couple of kind words can not only make a
person’s day, but earn you a friend and supporter for life.
For the rest of the week, whenever you see someone you want to
judge negatively, pay them a compliment instead. See what
happens.                                                – Neil Strauss
presume love
You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it. – Sarah Dessen
live your life – all we truly have is this moment!
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you
can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep
moving forward.
– Martin Luther King Jr.
how much do we really have?
Some people say, ‘the glass is half full’. Others say, ‘the glass is half empty’. Still others say ‘the glass is always full’.
Abundance or scarcity – which do you live in? What do you choose to see?
Yesterday I had a moment when I didn’t think I had enough for myself and as tears came streaming down my face, I realized a woman next to me try to pay for a paper was counting her pennies. I debated on giving about a second – I didn’t have very much to give. Then as I put the dollar down on the counter for her paper, she turned to me and said, ‘Thank you so much, I am down to my last bit of change.’ I was so caught in my own personal distress of that moment and I was already on my way to the bathroom to compose myself. As I stood in the bathroom, I realized what she had said and the fact that she had nothing and I had 26 dollars! I could share. I was abundant!!! Why did I doubt? I have seen it over and over – there is always plenty enough to share.
I quickly went to find her, but she was nowhere to be found.
I have been thinking of it ever since.
Down To Earth
Took a leap of faith
Thought I’d learn how to fly
Lookin’ for rainbows
And dreams passing by
Searching for answers
To a whole bunch of lies
Tryin’ to be anybody but me
As I crashed to the ground
Here’s truth that I found:
Learned I must bend
So I won’t break
How to get real
Not be a fake
Chose to smile through the pain
And never to hate
Now I’m flying so high
While I’m walking around
Cause the sky doesn’t end
Till it touches the ground
Living each day now
One step a day
It’s so good to be
Where I want to stay
Just you and me
Found a few answers
Stopped asking why
Now it’s time to be free
And I’m flying so high
Right here on the ground
Cause I’m walkin’ on sunshine
Hooked on the feeling
On top of the world
I’m one happy girl
Learned to find rainbows
Right in the rain
Found out I had more
The more that I gave
Chose to be happy
Not to complain
Living with passion
I know what it’s worth
Cause life doesn’t start
Till you get down to earth
al 8/08
Fear is the thief of dreams – unknown
When nothing is sure, anything is possible.  – Margaret Drabble
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