Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
– Eric Butterworth
In an interesting and diminutive book called “The Breviary of Medieval Knights,” there are some passages that have to be remembered in these moments of waiting:
“The Path’s spiritual energy uses justice and patience to prepare your spirit.”
“This is the Knight’s Path. An easy and hard path at the same time, as it urges us to let aside useless things and relative friendships.
“That is why, at the beginning, we hesitate so much to follow it.”
“This is a Knight’s first teaching: you will erase everything you wrote up to now on your life’s notebook: turmoil, insecurities, lies.
“And in place of all that, you will write the word courage.
Beginning the journey with this word and going on with faith in God, you will arrive where you need to arrive.
It’s time to let God’s love cover all things in your life. All secrets. All hurts. All hours of evil, minutes of worry.
– Max Lucado
The scriptures give us patience and encouragement so that we can have hope.
– Romans 15:4
New Issue of Songs from the Valley!
Successful relationships are built upon the foundation of bringing committed love to the table every day, communicating your feelings, receiving your partner’s feelings and setting healthy boundaries to maintain a sense of independence within the relationship. This allows for love to be given and received, proper adjustments to be made if the line of communication gets fuzzy and still gives each of you the freedom to be yourself and bring forth your unique creative expression.
This combination will manifest the strongest and healthiest relationships in your life.
And remember, the purpose of relationships is to be happy, to learn and to CO-create a life together.
– Jackson Kiddard
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time
– T. S. Elliot
Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you
can do to bring it back. You can’t ‘should’ve’ done something.
You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that
attachment. Today is a new day!
– Steve Maraboli
This is my living faith, an 
active faith, a faith of verbs:
To questions, explore, experiment, experience, walk, run,
dance, play, eat, love, learn, dare, taste, touch, smell,
listen, speak, write, read, draw, provoke, emote, scream, sin,
repent, cry, kneel, pray, bow, rise, stand, look, laugh,
cajole, create, confront, confound, walk back, walk forward, circle, hide and seek.
– Terry Tempest Williams
Thank you to
A Small Group Community
Peter Block, Ward Mailliard & every participant!
A Small Group Intensive Learning Opportunity
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. It is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. – Eleanor Roosevelt
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