I just read the words “hope is a way of seeing.” In a physical sense, how I see may seem beyond my control yet it is not. My heart soul, and mind are involved. I can look out my window and see untidy landscaping I am unable to change or I can look up at branches of leaves swaying in the September mild breeze, at the blue sky, the absence of clouds, and feel blessed. My choice!
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Pass it on!
He reflected a special glow from deep within. I didn’t know what it was, but I needed to discover and I HAD To HAVE It Too! He shared it with me. Now I give it to you. Pass it on, won’t you?
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Why do we persist
in holding so tightly
to yesterday?
Whether good or not,
it is recorded but closed to change!
To waste time
and energy
on yesterday,
to create a burden of tomorrow .. .
STOP!
The Divine is in the here and now!
Embrace it!
By Martha L Shaw ©2016
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Remember what was,
be thankful for what is,
have joyful anticipation of what is to come!
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True, He is infinite Majesty, but He is also infinite Goodness and infinite Love. There can be no greater Lord than God; neither can there be a more ardent lover than He.~Alphonsus Liguori
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s Will, united in spirit and in aim.~Queen Elizabeth II
Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst…
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