Posted: under Inspirational Poetry.
Tags: belief, courage, difference, faith, feelings, friends, gentleness, hope, inspiration, life, love, scripture, strength
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It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.
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It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.
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It takes strength to conquer
It takes courage to surrender.
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It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.
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It takes strength to fit in.
It takes courage to stand out.
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It takes strength to feel a friend’s pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
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Feb 26 2010
Posted: under Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
Tags: advice, age, beauty, celebration, children, choice, earth, elderly, era, family, forgiveness, friends, friendship, gentleness, gift, God, growth, happiness, healing, history, inspiration, journey, joy, lessons, life, love, mind, miracle, occasion, parents, peace, present, relationship, retirement, road, secret, seniors, soul, star, time, tips, travel, universe, world, youth
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written.”My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
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1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good
.2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
Posted: under "A Scripture A Day Keeps The Devil Away".
Tags: compassion, day, forgiveness, gentleness, God, holiness, humility, kindness, Lord, love, patience, scripture, unity, virtues
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. –Colossians 3:12-14
Apr 12 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
Tags: awareness, blessings, body, courtesy, difference, direction, empowerment, encounter, feelings, gentleness, gift, God, goodness, habit, happiness, heart, hope, inspiration, internet, letter, life, light, love, moment, parent, perception, power, protection, quotes, soul, spirit, success, trip, voice, world
“Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
We’ve all had times in our life when we desperately needed a “shot of inspiration” to move forward.
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It happened a few days after my father’s death, in that mind-numbing period of adjustment after someone we love leaves us. Having gone shopping for necessities for my trip back to my own home, I was standing in an otherwise empty aisle of a large chain store when suddenly I sneezed, the last vestiges of an allergy attack I’d fought earlier in the week.
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Almost instantly, from the next aisle over I heard a voice call out, “Bless you,” and then another, and another, and yet another. All in all, in the span of only a few seconds, I counted eleven different voices coming from every possible direction in the store, some saying “God bless you,” others using the word “gezundheit,” but all blessing me, all calling good down upon me.
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Feb 17 2009
Posted: under "A Scripture A Day Keeps The Devil Away", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something".
Tags: comfort, day, gentleness, God, heart, holiness, humility, life, love, scripture, soul
Matthew 11:28-30. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Jan 24 2009
Posted: under Advice & Tips, Inspirationals.
Tags: acknowledgment, attention, beauty, blessings, emotion, experience, gentleness, heart, influence, path, quotes, strength, trust, universe
Stronger For It
Mending A Broken Heart
Heartbreak happens to all of us and can wash over us like a heavy rain. When experiencing a broken heart, our ethereal selves are saturated with grief, and the overflow is channeled into the physical body. Loss becomes a physical emptiness, and longing is transmuted into a feeling that often cannot be put into words. Mending a broken heart can seem a task so monumental that we dare not attempt it for fear of damaging ourselves further. But heartbreak, like all emotions, falls under the spell of our conscious influence. Read More
Oct 13 2008