"Dogs are not our whole life but they
make our life whole." -Roger Caras
Sometimes I have little epiphanies or "Ah Ha!" moments and these are some of
them. Sometimes they are things I already knew and I am reminded or
sometimes it is a quote or photo that has a certain meaning for me
.
"I am available to more good than I have
experienced or realized or imagined in my life."
A
good mantra ;o)
The Universe only supports you in your
greatness.
Most people wait to get in the game till
they get it right... Don't wait! You must get in the game to
learn how to get it right.
It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7):
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth...
that shall he also reap.
It was on this principle of
analogy that St. Paul taught in this text. He tells us that
there is a law in nature according to which success is
proportioned to the labor spent upon the work. In kind and
in degree, success is attained in kind; for example, he who
has sown his field with beech mast does not receive a
plantation of oaks; a literary education is not the road to
distinction in arms, but to success in letters, years spent
on agriculture do not qualify a man to be an orator, but
they make him a skillful farmer. Success, again, is
proportioned to labor in degree, because, ordinarily, as is
the amount of seed sown, so is the harvest: be who studies
much will know more than be who studies little. In almost
all departments it is "the diligent hand which maketh rich."
Before I was a Mom
I made and ate hot meals.
I had unstained clothing.
I had quiet conversations on the phone.
Before I was a Mom
I slept as late as I wanted and never worried
about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.
Before I was Mom
I cleaned my house each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to lullabies.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom
I had never been puked on...Pooped on...
Spit on...Chewed on...Peed on...
Or pinched by tiny fingers.
Before I was a Mom
I had complete control of my mind
My thoughts...My body...
And my money.
I slept all night
Before I was a Mom
I never held down a screaming child
So that doctors could do tests
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
When I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
Could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so very very much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby
I didn't know the bond between a Mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
Could make me feel so important
Before I was a Mom
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
Every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth...
The joy...The heartache...The wonderment...
Or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much
before I was a Mom.
I still miss those I loved who are no longer
with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The
gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
-Rita Mae Brown
I feel like this is true for loved ones lost as well as friendships come
to an end...
Trying
is failing with honor-Don't try. Do it or don't
do it.
Family is just
accident.... They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even
mean to be your family, they just are. ~Marsha Norman
Friends are God's apology for
relations. ~Hugh Kingsmill
There will be a time
when you believe everything is finished. That will be the
beginning.
-Louis L'Amour
Experience is a hard teacher because she
gives the test first and then the lesson.
-Vernon Saunders Law
The family. We were a strange little band of
characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste,
coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money,
locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal
it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to
figure out the common thread that bound us all together.
~Erma Bombeck
A
baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
Carl Sandburg:
It is easy to
get discouraged when things are going bad.
But we shouldn't lose heart,
because God is at work in our lives,
even in the midst of pain and suffering.
How many of us have heard that question "Where was your GOD when the
World
Trade Center and the Pentagon was attacked?"* Well I know where my
GOD was
the morning of September 11, 2001, and He was very busy!
He was trying to discourage anyone from taking these flights. Those
four
flights together held over 1000 passengers and there were only 266
aboard.
He was on 4 commercial flights giving terrified passengers the
ability to
stay calm. Not one of the family members who were called by a loved
one on
one of the high-jacked planes said that passengers were screaming in
the
background.* On one of the flights He was giving strength to
passengers to
try to overtake the highjackers.
He was busy trying to create obstacles for employees at the World
Trade
Center. After all, only around 20,000 were at the towers when the
first jet
hit. Since the buildings held over 50,000 workers, this was a
Miracle in
itself. How many of the people who were employed at the World Trade
Center
told the media that they were late for work or they had traffic
delays.
He was holding up 2-110 story buildings so that 2/3 of the workers
could get
out. I was so amazed that the top of the towers didn't topple when
the jets
impacted.* And when they did fall, they fell inward.* GOD didn't
allow them
to topple over, as many more lives would have been lost.
And when the buildings went down, my GOD picked up almost 6,000 of
His
children and carried them home with him.* Reassuring his frightened
children
that the worst was over and the best was yet to come.
He sat down and cried that 19 of his children could have so much
hate in
their hearts.* That they didn't choose him, but another god that
doesn't
exist, and now they are lost forever.
He sent his children that are best trained for this disaster and had
them
save the few that were still alive, but unable to help themselves.*
And then
sent many others to help in anyway they were needed.
He still isn't finished though, He held the loved ones that were
left behind in His arms.* He comforts them daily.* His other
children are given the strength to reach out to them and help them in any way they can.
And I believe He will continue to help us in what is to come.
So when anyone asks, "Where was your GOD on September 11", you can
say
"everywhere"!* And yes, although this is without a doubt the worst
thing I
have seen in my life, I see God's miracles in every bit of it. I
keep praying
for those who don't believe in GOD, every chance I have. I can't
imagine
going through such a difficult time and not believing in GOD. Life
would be
hopeless.
To the degree you focus on one or two areas of life to the
neglect of others, you feel poor overall - and the opposite: As much as you
can focus on all five areas, albeit unequally at times, you experience
abundance.
Giving energy and attention to each area causes all the
areas to flourish.
We have to silence that craven
voice that nags us, "If I get just this one more thing, then I'll be
successful and happy." We all know intellectually that this is false, but
most of us still behave as if it's true. We run around
pursuing that "one thing" and wonder why we don't feel complete when we get
it. Or feel frustrated when it doesn't come to us quickly.
Our accomplishments are hugely
important, and they are gratifying only if we understand that it's not the
"thing" itself that is gratifying, but who we became in the process to
acquire or achieve it.
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