Below are inspirational words that can accompany us in our journey through life...
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When we take time to notice
the simple things in life,
we never lack for encouragement.
We discover we are surrounded
by a limitless hope that’s just
wearing everyday clothes.
~ Anonymous ~
Don’t let artificial light and city streets
keep you from noticing sunsets and sunrises,
from experiencing the spring of new life
and the harvest of fall.
~ M. Basil Pennington ~
If God is not lost in our lives,
if goodness is not lost in our lives,
if memories are not lost in our lives,
then we will have an easier time
of finding our way to personal happiness.
~ Christopher De Vinck ~
The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
~ Galatians 5:6 NIV ~
May you always have something to do,
someone to love, and something to hope for.
~ Anonymous ~
If there is anything better than to be loved,
it is loving.
~ Anonymous ~
Gratitude…
takes nothing for granted,
is never unresponsive,
is constantly awakening to new wonder
and to praise of the goodness of God.
~ Thomas Merton ~
There is far more to your inner life
than the food you put in your stomach,
more to your outer appearance
than the clothes you hang on your body.
Look at the ravens, free and unfettered,
not tied down to a job description,
carefree in the care of God.
And you count far more.
~ Luke 12:22-23 MSG ~
It seems to me we can never
give up longing and wishing
while we are alive.
There are certain things we feel to be
beautiful and good,
and we must hunger for them.
~ George Eliot ~
There are no little things.
“Little things,” so called, are the hinges of the universe.
~ Fanny Fern ~
We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly,
but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey,
or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.
~ Gloria Gaither ~
I expect to pass through life but once.
If therefore, there can be any kindness I can show,
or any good thing I can do to any fellow being,
let me do it now… as I shall not pass this way again.
~ William Penn ~
One can get just as much exultation
in losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing.
It is nice to think how one can be recklessly lost in a daisy!
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh ~
I found loveliness today
Down along life‘s broad highway---
Beauty within pastures green,
Next in clouds of silvery sheen,
Golden glow at break of day,
Joy in children at their play,
Scented odor of wild rose;
Peace I found where violet grows---
All along life’s broad highway
I found loveliness today.
~ Carleton Everett Knox ~
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
~ Albert Einstein ~
Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
~ Proverbs NIV ~
Every spirit builds itself a house,
and beyond its house a world,
and beyond its world a heaven.
Know then that world exists for you.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Because of our routines, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure.
~ Maya Angelou ~
Our God gives you everything you need,
makes you everything you’re to be.
~ 2 Thessalonians 1:2 MSG ~
The secret of life is that all we have and are
is a gift of grace to be shared.
~ Lloyd John Ogilvie ~
I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think,
all the walks I want to take,
all the books I want to read,
and all the friends I want to see.
The longer I live, the more my mind dwells
upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.
~ John Burroughs ~
