Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.
It is not attained through self-gratification
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Quote: Helen Keller
Photo: Kai Stachowia
grace
Bearing fruit
Every leaf that grows will tell you
what you sow will bear fruit.
So if you have any sense my friend,
don’t plant anything but love.
Quote: Rumi
Image: Pinterest
wishing for a safe nest…
A bird is safe in its nest — but that is not what its wings are made for.
We fly with wings that make us unique – each of us.
Out of our safety zone, we stretch to seek solidarity, speak out for equality, and compassionately gather the lost and deserted.
These wings carry us further than ever imagined and so we must learn to fly, living each moment by faith.
It would be so easy to stay nestled in the safety of all that is familiar. Yet within the warmth and comfort of that nest we grow to understand its importance.
We must fly to ensure the same safety for all.
Quote: Amit Ray
Photo: David Clode
the gift of starting over
thank you, David Kanigan
And we want to live right where black oaks lived,
Once very quietly and still…
Because we are imperfect and love so
Deeply we will never have enough days,
We need the gift of starting over, beginning
Again: just this constant good, this
Saving hope.
~ Nancy Shaffer, from Because We Spill Not Only Milk from Instructions in Joy
Notes – Poem: Thank you Beth @ Alive on All Channels. Photo: Franz Wallner with Black Oak
