repeat quote, but it is worth it:)

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." Helen Keller

:)

Start off every day with a smile and get it over with.
W C Fields


Value in the giving

There have been times when the kindness of another person has changed your life for the better. And it's easy to see that kindness has the power to reach far beyond itself.
In the most difficult of moments, kindness heals and reassures. Kindness gives comfort, and hope where there was none before.

Kindness can inspire confidence. It changes for the better the perspective of those it touches.

When you seek to make a difference, kindness is a great place to start. Just the simple desire to give it is all you really must have.

So give kindness, freely and without hesitation. Whether you get it back does not really even matter, for its true value is in the giving.

Live with kindness, and you'll always see life's very best possibilities. For in kindness, is the heart of who you truly are.

-- Ralph Marston


Read more: http://greatday.com/motivate/index.html#ixzz0DgmGGvRJ&B

it is Friday?

I wonder where the week went, now I wonder how to slow down the weekend, if you know how, let me know:)

dad''s manicure;)

I don't want to open my eyes, it's 6:15, not time to get up yet,
but his presence urges me to do so
as I do I am faced with the morning and the best view ever, the moon saying good morning
thanks Dad, for opening my eyes just in time to see this gift.






(now this is not the actual photo of what I saw, but it helps you see what I saw, I did not want to get up to take a photo I might miss my God's manicure in the sky and his morning peace:) how has he spoken to you lately?
be still , be still and know that I am your God:)

what is death?

~DEATH~
WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN IT .


A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to
Leave the examination room and said,
'Doctor, I am afraid to die.
Tell me what lies on the other side.'
Very quietly, the doctor said, 'I don't know.'
'You don't know? ?You're, a Christian man,
and don't know what's on the other side?'
The doctor was holding the handle of the door;
On the other side came a sound of scratching and whining,
And as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room
And leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said,
'Did you notice my dog?
He's never been in this room before.
He didn't know what was inside.
He knew nothing except that his master was here,
And when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.
I know little of what is on the other side of death,
But I do know one thing...
I know my Master is there and that is enough.




May today there be peace within you.

May you trust God that you are exactly
Where you are meant to be.
I believe that friends are quiet angels
Who lift us to our feet when our wings
Have trouble remembering how to fly.

give things a chance

Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans.

Mahmûd Shabistarî
The Mystic Rose Garden

smile strong

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Abigail Adams

dance renews the soul:)

the most amazing dance group

it's about you

take responsibility for your happiness, you are the owner of your destiny, your mood , and your smile:)
vgrsf

be happy

The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.

Paramahansa Yogananda

have you seen the son rise today:)

the Sun rise

nuggets of wisdom:)

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mahatma Gandhi
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi

it is a Good Friday

our soldier boy is in Texas, many blessings on our new PFC

baby boy graduates today:)

The task ahead of you is never as great as the power behind you:

Ephesians 6:10

be strong in the lord and in his mighty power

God is good:)

we have arrived and are spending time with our soldier boy:)
he looks wonderful

a trip to a dream:)

we travel today to a dream for many,
keep dreaming, because someday they come true:)

put it in it's place today

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny, but what we put into it is ours.

Dag Hammarskjold

an irish prayer for my irish gringo

Happy Birthday
to the person who is where my rainbow ends:)

A Wish for a Friend
Wishing you a rainbow
For sunlight after showers—
Miles and miles of Irish smiles
For golden happy hours—
Shamrocks at your doorway
For luck and laughter too,
And a host of friends that never ends
Each day your whole life through!

An Irish Prayer
May God give you...
For every storm, a rainbow,
For every tear, a smile,
For every care, a promise,
And a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends,
A faithful friend to share,
For every sigh, a sweet song,
And an answer for each prayer

almost palm Sunday

On Palm Sunday Christians celebrate the Triumphal Entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, the week before his death and resurrection. For many Christian churches, Palm Sunday, often referred to as "Passion Sunday," marks the beginning of Holy Week, which concludes on Easter Sunday.
The Bible reveals that when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowds greeted him with waving palm branches, and by covering his path with palm branches. Immediately following this great time of celebration in the ministry of Jesus, he begins his journey to the cross.

The biblical account of Palm Sunday can be found in Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; and John 12:12-19.

one week left:)

Good Friday, is one week away, enjoy the fast

enjoy the Son today

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illuminated by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.

Dag Hammarskjold

are you balance this lent?

All About Lent

James Akin


Q: Is the denying of pleasure an end in itself?

A: No. It is a only a means to an end. By training ourselves to resist temptations when they are not sinful, we train ourselves to reject temptations when they are sinful. We also express our sorrow over having failed to resist sinful temptations in the past.

Q: Is there such a thing as denying ourselves too many pleasures?

A: Most definitely. First, God made human life contingent on certain goods, such as food, and to refuse to enjoy enough of them has harmful consequences. For example, if we do not eat enough food it can cause physical damage or (in the extreme, even death). Just as there is a balance between eating too much food and not eating enough food, there is a balance involved in other goods.

Second, if we do not strike the right balance and deny ourselves goods God meant us to have then it can generate resentment toward God, which is a spiritual sin just as much as those of engaging in excesses of good things. Thus one can be led into sin either by excess or by defect in the enjoyment of good things.

Third, it can decrease our effectiveness in ministering to others.

Fourth, it can deprive us of the goods God gave us in order that we might praise him.

Fifth, it constitutes the sin of ingratitude by refusing to enjoy the things God wanted us to have because he loves us. If a child refused every gift his parent gave him, it would displease the parent, and if we refuse gifts God has given us, it displeases God because he loves us and wants us to have them.