I pray above all things that you may prosper and be in good health even as your soul prospers. 3 John 2
St. John is praying here for both our material and spiritual well-being. God desires that we would be healthy and financially secure, though not at the expense of our spiritual health. When it’s a choice between the temporal and the eternal, God usually chooses the prosperity of our souls.
A Friend …
Accepts you as you are.
Believes in you.
Calls you just to say Hi.
Doesn’t give up on you.
Envisions the whole of you, even the unfinished parts.
Forgives your mistakes.
Gives unconditionally.
Helps you.
Invites you over.
Just wants to be with you.
Keeps you close at heart.
Loves you for who you are.
Makes a difference in your life.
Never Judges.
Offers support.
Picks you up.
Quiets your fears.
Raises your spirits.
Says nice things about you.
Tells you the truth when you need to hear it.
Understands you.
Values you.
Walks beside you.
X-plains thing you don’t understand.
Yells when you won’t listen. And
Zaps you back to reality.
A Friend …
Accepts you as you are.
Believes in you.
Calls you just to say Hi.
Doesn’t give up on you.
Envisions the whole of you, even the unfinished parts.
Forgives your mistakes.
Gives unconditionally.
Helps you.
Invites you over.
Just wants to be with you.
Keeps you close at heart.
Loves you for who you are.
Makes a difference in your life.
Never Judges.
Offers support.
Picks you up.
Quiets your fears.
Raises your spirits.
Says nice things about you.
Tells you the truth when you need to hear it.
Understands you.
Values you.
Walks beside you.
X-plains thing you don’t understand.
Yells when you won’t listen. And
Zaps you back to reality.
We are an Easter people, and Alleluia is our song. St. Augustine
Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth for the other.
Now there is no more loneliness,
for each of you will be companion for the other.
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place to begin the days of your life together.
May your days together be good and long upon the earth.
You are sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever.
You are sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever.
Be who you are, and be that perfectly well. Saint Frances de Sales
BE KIND – for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. Philo of Alexandria
I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. Song of Songs (Song of Solomon)
Breathe: One conscious breath in and out is a meditation. Eckhart Tolle
Cancer is so limited.
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot invade the soul.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the spirit.
It cannot lessen the power of the Resurrection.
Cancer is so limited.
It cannot cripple love.
It cannot shatter hope.
It cannot corrode faith.
It cannot eat away peace.
It cannot destroy confidence.
It cannot kill friendship.
It cannot shut out memories.
It cannot silence courage.
It cannot invade the soul.
It cannot reduce eternal life.
It cannot quench the spirit.
It cannot lessen the power of the Resurrection.
O GREAT SPIRIT, help me always to speak the TRUTH quietly, to LISTEN with an OPEN MIND, and to remember the PEACE that may be found in SILENCE. Cherokee Prayer
Only that day dawns to which we are awake. Thoreau
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. John Wesley
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. John Wesley
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. Elie Wiesel
Barn’s burnt down – now I can see the moon. Mizuta Masahide
Barn’s burnt down – now I can see the moon. Mizuta Masahide
God Danced the Day you were Born!
God Danced the Day you were Born!
Preach the Gospel at all times … if necessary, use words. St. Francis of Assisi
Preach the Gospel at all times … if necessary, use words. St. Francis of Assisi
I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being. Hafez
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. Rudyard Kipling
May this home be a place of happiness and health, of contentment, generosity and hope, a home of creativity and kindness. May those who visit and those who live here know only blessing and peace.
Joy (English), Freude (German), Alegria (Spanish), Gioia (Italian), Bucurie (Romanian), Joie (French)
Joy (English), Freude (German), Alegria (Spanish), Gioia (Italian), Bucurie (Romanian), Joie (French)
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. Julian of Norwich
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well. Julian of Norwich
Play from the heart – the flute is a heart song, like a sweet prayer, and it will teach you as well as you teach yourself. Mato Wambli
To learn, it is good to study. Better to have a learned master. But best of all to teach others.
Our first teacher is our own heart. –Cheyenne
Y’varech’cha – The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26
Y’varech’cha – The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26
Love is patient and kind. It does not envy or boast; is not proud, rude or self-seeking. Love is not easily angered and keeps no record of wrongs. It does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails! First Corinthians Thirteen
Love is patient and kind. It does not envy or boast; is not proud, rude or self-seeking. Love is not easily angered and keeps no record of wrongs. It does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails! First Corinthians Thirteen
Love (English), Amor (Spanish), Liebe (German), Amore (Italian), Amour (French), Amar (Portuguese), Ahavah (Hebrew)
Love (English), Amor (Spanish), Liebe (German), Amore (Italian), Amour (French), Amar (Portuguese), Ahavah (Hebrew)
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Pablo Picasso
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Pablo Picasso
What does the Lord require of thee, but to DO JUSTLY, to LOVE MERCY, and to WALK HUMBLY with thy God? Micah 6:8
What does the Lord require of thee, but to DO JUSTLY, to LOVE MERCY, and to WALK HUMBLY with thy God? Micah 6:8
I want to see you.
Know your voice.
Recognize you when you
first come round the corner.
Sense your scent when I come
into a room you’ve just left.
Know the lift of your heel,
the glide of your foot.
Become familiar with the way
you purse your lips
then let them part,
just the slightest bit,
when I lean in to your space
and kiss you.
I want to know the joy
of how you whisper
‘more’.
Have we not all one father? Hath not one God created us? (Malachi 2:10)
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to meet and mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, “There! She’s gone!” Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large in the mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side, and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of her destination. Her diminished size is in me, and not in her. And just at that moment, when someone at my side says, “There! she’s gone!” there are other eyes that are watching for her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, “Here she comes!”
Peace (English), Paz (Spanish), Pace (Italian), Mir (Russian), Frieden (German)
Peace (English), Paz (Spanish), Pace (Italian), Mir (Russian), Frieden (German)