God takes full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him. Charles Stanley, https://www.bible.com/events/48737902 You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting. James V. Hart, Hook You don’t look happy or excited about the prospect of our […]
A Tear and A Smile by Khalil Gibran
I would not exchange the sorrows of my heartFor the joys of the multitude.And I would not have the tears that sadness makesTo flow from my every part turn into laughter.I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.A tear to purify my heart and give me understandingOf life’s secrets and hidden things.A […]
If by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,Or being hated, don’t give way to […]
The Call by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
I have heard it all my life,A voice calling a name I recognized as my own. Sometimes it comes as a soft-bellied whisper.Sometimes it holds an edge of urgency.But always it says: Wake up my love. You are walking asleep.There’s no safety in that! Remember what you are and let this knowingtake you home to […]
On Love (The Prophet) By Khalil Gibran
Then said Almitra, Speak to us of Love. And he raised his head and looked uponthe people, and there fell a stillness uponthem. And with a great voice he said: When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield tohim, Though the […]
On Pain (The Prophet) by Khalil Gibran
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less […]
If Tomorrow Starts Without Me by David Romano
When tomorrow starts without me, and I’m not there to see,If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me; I wish so much you wouldn’t cry the way you did today,while thinking of the many things we didn’t get to say.I know how much you love me, as much […]
Do Not Love Half Lovers by Khalil Gibran
Do not love half lovers Do not entertain half friends Do not indulge in works of the half talented Do not live half a life And do not die a half death If you choose silence, then be silent When you speak, do so until you are finished Do not silence yourself to say something […]
Goodbye 👋 – The Beginning or Closing of a Chapter
Hey y’all, it’s been a minute since I came your way with some posts. I am so sorry but its been tough for me. Some weeks and months are tougher than others but I am grateful for the sustaining hand of God that holds me up each day. But y’all know I won’t leave you […]
Poem: Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
Max Ehrmann was an American attorney and poet who often wrote on spiritual themes. During his life, he contributed great thoughts to our literary lexicons, blending the magic of words and wisdom with his worthy observations. Desiderata, which means “things that are desired,” was written by Max Ehrmann “because it counsels those virtues I felt […]