Below are inspirational words that can accompany us in our journey through life...
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Live today fully, expressing gratitude for all you have been,
all you are right now, and all you are becoming.
~ Melodie Beattie ~
Your heavenly Father knows your needs.
He will always give you all you need from day to day.
~ Luke 12:30-31 TLB ~
A happy life is… built up of…
little clumps of violets noticed by the roadside,
hidden away almost so that only those can see them
who have God’s peace and love in their hearts.
~ Edward Wilson ~
To be glad of life, because it gives you the chance
to love and to work and to play and
to look up at the stars… to think seldom
of your enemies, often of your friends,
and every day of Christ; and to spend as much time
as you can, with body and with spirit in God’s
out-of-doors---these are little guideposts
on the footpath to peace.
~ Henry Van Dyke ~
People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly
go on multiplying relationships to the end.
~ Arthur Christopher Benson ~
Live in peace with each other.
~ Romans NCV ~
Life is short and we never have enough time
for gladdening the hearts of those who travel
the way with us. O, be swift to love!
Make haste to be kind.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel ~
Life is what we are alive to.
It is not length but breadth….
Be alive to…. goodness, kindness, purity, love,
history, poetry, music, flowers, stars, God, and eternal hope
~ Maltbie D. Babcock ~
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey.
We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
~ Pierre Teilhard De Chardin ~
Love is everything. It is the key of life,
and its influences are those that move the world.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Eating lunch with a friend. Trying to do a decent day’s work.
Hearing the rain patter against the window.
There is no event so commonplace but that God is present
within it, always hiddenly, always leaving you room
to recognize Him.
~ Frederick Buechner ~
Reflection… enables our minds to be stretched in
three different directions---the direction that leads
to a proper relationship with God,
the relationship that leads to a healthy relationship
with others, and the relationship that leads
to a deeper understanding of oneself.
~ Mark Connolly ~
Every step is an end, and every step is a fresh beginning.
~ Goethe ~
What matters is not your outer appearance---
the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear,
the cut of your clothes---but your inner disposition.
Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind
that God delights in.
~ 1 Peter 3:3-4 MSG ~
Therefore, as we have opportunity,
let us do good to all people.
~ Galatians NIV ~
Love… binds everything together in perfect harmony.
~ Colossians NRSV ~
The ideals which have always shown before me
and filled me with the joy of living
are goodness, beauty, and truth.
~ Albert Einstein ~
We see those we love in every sunrise
and in every sunset, in every tree and in every flower.
~ Anonymous ~
Be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs.
God’s strong Hand is on you;
He’ll promote you at the right time.
Live carefree before God; He is most careful with you.
~ 1 Peter 5:6-7 MSG ~
