.........Life is living and how we make life. It is how we give meaning to our lives and how our lives touch the lives of others. No need to be perfect, all we need to do is to be ourselves, me as in "me" and you as in "you" and in doing so - not forgetting the golden rule.
........Life is not as always as it seems to be... Life is not everything that we wish. Life is not a dreamland. We may dream, yes, but we must do things and strive to make things happen. We may fall in between but that is life, just keep courage in our carriage. Life is acceptance of what we have, yet aiming to have better, if not the best.
........It is a choice to question life and to be alive without living life. Just remember, this valley of life is uniquely given to each one of us. We will pass to this path just once. Why not feel life and be alive! You have not lost your life when you slipped through those rocks. You might have struggled a lot falling to pit traps, in this unending twists and turns of life yet be thankful because you are here, still in this path, learned and more cautious about life's adversities, or should I say journey of life.
Smile and make it a smile from the heart.
~dollyg 042007
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...thank you for somehow being a part of these ...little journeys...
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If you have to give, give it! If you know what to say, say it! If you know what needs to be done, do it! If there is one place you want to go, go now! If there is something you want to do, do it! What are you waiting for? Haven't you figured out yet that you are the only one who can do what you do, the way you do it? Dont you realize that the world is waiting for you?
Most of the things we worry about will never come to pass-yet we worry still. We worry about the future and the past; we worry about finances and relationships. As we survey the landscape of our lives, we observe all manners of molehills and imagine them to be mountain.
Are you concern about the challenges looming ahead? If so, why not ask God to help you re4gain a clear perspective about the problems (and opportunities) that confront you? When you petition your Heavenly Father sincerely and seek His guidance, He can touch your heart, clear your vision, renew your mind, and calm your fears.
Courage faces fears for and thereby masters it. Cowardice represses fear and it thereby mastered by it. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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-excerpt Lord, thanks for the presence Thanks for you love Thanks for making me feel that I am not alone
I bless my connection to all that is. In times of doubt and despair, I turn my attention to the natural world. Recognizing that all things have seasons of growth and birth, seasons of growth and birth, seasons of decay and gestation, I allow myself to experience the cyclicality in my own life. Where I experience loss, I anticipate future growth. Where I experience emptiness, I anticipate an inflow of the new. Where I anticipate doubt and dismay, I welcome a resurgence of faith and conviction. I allow my life to be tidal. I allow my life to fill and empty according to a plan higher than I might naturally perceive. Out of my periods of drought and desolation, I affirm that new growth occurs, funded in deeper strength due to my times of testing and difficulty. It is all for the good , I remind myself. There is a purpose and a point to all I undergo. My pain engenders in me a compassionate heart toward the pain of others. When I suffer, I remind myself that my suffering carries a gift within its hardship, a goal within its trial. Choosing to re4cognize the powerful good within my adversity, I bless all seasons of my life for their wealth and value.
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~excerpt The Seasons Of My Heart Have Purpose And Meaning As to the heart's ... of wealth and value
Fear What are fears but voices airy? Whispering the harm where harm is not. And deluding the unwary Till the fatal bolt is shot ~ Wordsworth
Fate Steals along with silent tread Found oftenest in what least we dread Frowns in the storms with angry brow But in the sunshine strikes its blow. ~ Cowper
Faith builds bridge across gulf of death To break the blind nature cannot shun And leads thought smoothly on the further shore ~ Young
“I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.”
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”
~ Charles R. Swindoll, American Writer and Clergyman, b.1934
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
