Below are inspirational words that can accompany us in our journey through life...
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When you come to the edge of all the light you have,
and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown,
believe that one of two things will happen.
Either there will be something solid for you to stand on---
or you will be taught how to fly.
~ Patrick Overton ~
Everything in life is most fundamentally a gift.
And you receive it best, and you live it best,
by holding it with very open hands.
~ Leo O’Donovan~
Life is not intended to be simply a round of work,
no matter how interesting and important that work may be.
A moment’s pause to watch the glory of a sunrise
or a sunset is soul satisfying, while a bird’s song
will set the steps to music all day long.
~ Anonymous ~
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others,
and the delight in the recognition.
~ Alexander Smith ~
The wonder of living is held within the beauty of silence,
the glory of sunlight… the sweetness of fresh spring air,
the quiet strength of earth, and the love that lies
at the very root of all things.
~ Anonymous ~
The greatest gift is a portion of yourself.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Notice words of compassion.
Seek out deeds of kindness.
These are like the doves from heaven,
pointing out to you who are the ones
blessed with inner grace and beauty.
~ Christopher De Vinck ~
Not everything that counts can be counted.
Not everything that can be counted counts.
~ Albert Einstein ~
It is good for us that we sometimes experience adversity and sorrow,
for they often make our hearts understand
that we are only strangers and sojourners here for a time.
~ Anonymous ~
Time is a very precious gift from God;
so precious that it’s only given to us moment by moment.
~ Amelia Barr ~
Take your everyday, ordinary life---
your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life---
and place it before God as an offering.
Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him.
~ Romans 12:1 MSG ~
I have never been a millionaire.
But I have enjoyed a crackling fire,
A glorious sunset, a walk with a friend…
There are plenty of life’s tiny delights for all of us.
~ Jack Anthony ~
No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny
without leaving some mark on it forever.
~ Francois Mauriac ~
Little acts of kindness which we render to each other
in everyday life, are like flowers by the way-side to the traveler:
they serve to gladden the heart and relieve the tedium of life’s journey.
~ Eunice Bathrick ~
We encounter God in the ordinariness of life,
not in the search for spiritual highs and extraordinary,
mystical experiences, but in our simple presence in life.
~ Brennan Manning ~
Whoever walks toward God one step, God runs toward him two.
~ Jewish Proverb ~
Our deeds still travel with us from afar,
And what we have been makes us what we are.
~ George Eliot ~
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass
under the trees on a summer’s day,
listening to the murmur of water,
or watching the clouds float across the sky,
is by no means a waste of time.
~ John Lubbock ~
It’s the little things we do and say
That mean so much as we go our way.
A kindly deed can lift a load
From weary shoulders on the road.
~ Willa Hoey ~
Half the joy of life is in little things taken on the run.
Let us run if we must… 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 ~
Kind words are jewels that live in the heart and soul
and remain as blessed memories years after they have been spoken.
~ Marvea Johnson ~
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything;
tell God your needs and don’t forget to thank Him for His answers.
~ Philippians 4:6 TLB ~
