February 23, 2011
"Whether you are surrounded by the singing of a lamp or the sounds of a storm, by the breathing of the evening or the sighing of the sea, there is a vast melody woven of a thousand voices that never leaves you and only occasionally leaves room for your solo. To know when you have to join in, that is the secret of your solitude, just as it is the art of true human interaction: to let yourself take leave of the lofty words to join in with the one shared melody." -Rainer Maria Rilke
February 20, 2011
What I Know For Sure
I don't want to be dramatic. I don't want to exaggerate, or go crazy, or start crying.
Suffice it to say, that I know this for sure: There is a God. He answers our prayers. He protects us. He loves us. He knows each and every one of us, and somehow He listens to each of our prayers. Each and every prayer: whether we speak aloud or plead wordlessly.
There are some things we can't explain, and we don't have to know everything. But I know these things for sure.
Suffice it to say, that I know this for sure: There is a God. He answers our prayers. He protects us. He loves us. He knows each and every one of us, and somehow He listens to each of our prayers. Each and every prayer: whether we speak aloud or plead wordlessly.
There are some things we can't explain, and we don't have to know everything. But I know these things for sure.
February 16, 2011
Some Favorite Words
- Splendid
- Unicycle
- Phenomenal
- Submarine
- Glorious
- Banana
- Discover
- Accomplish
- Sparkler
- Walrus
- Being
- Universe
- Inspiring
- Buffalo
- Extraordinary
February 14, 2011
There is no force in the world but love, and when you carry it within you, if you simply have it, even if you remain baffled as to how to use it, it will work its radiant effects and help you out of and beyond yourself: one must never lose this belief, one must simply (and if it were nothing else) endure in it! -Rainer Maria Rilke
Here it comes again...
So, it's Valentine's Day again. Yuck.
But I'm sticking with my new tradition and focusing on my friends and family. It's amazing how much better you feel when you focus on others, instead of wallowing in self-pity.
Even though I don't have much sadness and pity to wallow in this year :) But that's a story for another time. Or maybe not.
But I've been thinking a lot today about the different kinds of love. Love truly is a gift that, when shared with others, not only nourishes the receivers but us as well. It's a beautiful thing.
"This is the miracle that happens each time in the case of people who are truly in love: the more they give, the more they own of this delicious nourishing love from which flowers and children receive their strength and which could help everyone if people would accept it without doubt." Rainer Maria Rilke
But I'm sticking with my new tradition and focusing on my friends and family. It's amazing how much better you feel when you focus on others, instead of wallowing in self-pity.
Even though I don't have much sadness and pity to wallow in this year :) But that's a story for another time. Or maybe not.
But I've been thinking a lot today about the different kinds of love. Love truly is a gift that, when shared with others, not only nourishes the receivers but us as well. It's a beautiful thing.
"This is the miracle that happens each time in the case of people who are truly in love: the more they give, the more they own of this delicious nourishing love from which flowers and children receive their strength and which could help everyone if people would accept it without doubt." Rainer Maria Rilke
