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Pause and take some time to cherish the small pleasures and everyday moments in your life. Caring thoughts and inspirational verse are sweet reminders of life's simple joys.
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Friday, July 29, 2005
The work of creating is an act of love. The God who flung from His fingertips the universe filled with galaxies and stars, penguins and puffins... peaches and pears, and a world full of children made in His own image, is the God who loves with magnificent monotony.
- Brennan Manning posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:52 AM (0) comments
Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectation and memory.
- C.S. Lewis posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 10:34 AM (0) comments
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the coulds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
- J. Lubbock posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:56 AM (0) comments
The uncertainties of the present always give way to the enchanted possibilities of the future.
- Kirkland posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 11:31 AM (0) comments
The beauty of the sunbeam lies partly in the fact that God does not keep it; He gives it away to us all.
- David Swing posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:55 AM (0) comments
Peace begins with a smile.
- Mother Teresa posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:18 AM (0) comments
He heals the heartbroken... He counts the stars and assigns each a name. Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; we'll never comprehend what He knows and does.
- Psalm 147:3-5 MSG posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:38 AM (0) comments
I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the color and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.
- Hellen Keller posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:38 AM (0) comments
Gratitude is heaven itself.
- William Blake posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:58 AM (0) comments
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
- Marian Wright Edelman posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:24 AM (0) comments
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him.
- Romans 8:28 NIV posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:22 AM (0) comments
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:55 AM (0) comments
Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:16 AM (0) comments
Half the joy of life is in little things taken on the run. Let us run if we must - even the sands do that - but let us keep our hearts young and our eyes open that nothing worth our while shall escape us. And everything is worth its while if we only grasp it and its significance.
- Victor Cherbuliez posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:23 AM (0) comments
All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head.
- Suzanne Chapin posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:28 AM (0) comments
Not one is missing, not one forgotten. God the Father has his eye on each of you... May everything good from God be yours!
- 1 Peter 1:1-2 MSG posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:08 AM (0) comments
Some blessings -like rainbows after rain or a friend's listening ear - are extraordinary gifts waiting to be discovered in an ordinary day.
posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:05 AM (0) comments
When I look at the galaxies on a clear night - when I look at the incredible brilliance of creation, and think that this is what God is like, then instead of feeling intimidated and diminished by it, I am enlarged - I rejoice that I am part of it.
- Madeleine L'Engle posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:37 AM (0) comments
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
- Henry Ward Becker posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 9:59 AM (0) comments
God is all mercy and grace - not quick to anger, is rich in love. God is good to one and all; everything He does is suffused with grace... God always does what He says, and is gracious in everything He does.
- Psalm 145:8-9,13 MSG posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:41 AM (0) comments
A grateful heart is the mainspring of happiness.
- Ossian Land posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 11:22 AM (0) comments
How much of our live are... well... so daily. How often our hours are filled with the mundane, seemingly unimportant things that have to be done, whether at home or work. Those very "daily" tasks could become a celebration of praise. "It is through consectration," someone has said, "that drudgery is made divine."
- Gigi Graham Tchisidjian posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:46 AM (0) comments
In the end, those things that affect your life most deeply are too simple to talk about.
posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 4:10 PM (0) comments
Live today fully, expressing gratitude for all you have been, all you are tight now, and all you are becoming.
- Melody Beattie posted by We Are All Under The Sun at 8:33 AM (0) comments
Night jasmine blooming brings memories flooding through my mind of a screened-in porch at twilight, the quiet hum of a ceiling fan, the squeak of a white-wicker rocker, an icy glass of lemonade, intimate conversation with a treasured friend, and time... time just to be.
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