REMEMBER !!

Remember that your presence is a present to the world.

Remember that you are a unique and unrepeatable creation.

Remember that your life can be what you want it to be.

Remember to count your blessing, not your troubles.

Remember that you'll make it through whatever comes along.

Remember that most of the answers you need are within you.

Remember those dreams waiting to be realized.

Remember that decisions are too important to leave to chance.

Remembers to always reach for the best that is within you.

Remember that nothing wastes more energy than worry.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Remember not to take things too seriously.

Remember to laugh.

Remember that a little love goes a long way.

Remember that a lot goes forever.

Remember that happiness is more often found in giving that getting.

Remember that life's treasures are people, not things.

REMEMBER THAT MIRACLES WILL HAPPEN !!

JUST PLAIN GOOD ADVICE

"Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person." Vernon Howard

We all know people who are habitually rude, obnoxious, or just plain jerks. Why they behave that way is usually backed in some form of fear. Fear of being found out, fear of the unknown, or fear of being hurt (this one has many forms.)

Yoda...may have been a fictitious character but he taught a wise truth when he said..."Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate...and hate leads to the Dark Side!:

The opposite of fear is faith...or a belief and a hope that things can get better, things can work out, that we can do it, or that others will and do want us to succeed. Nurturing faith and hope through the creation of vision in others is one of the greatest challenges of leadership.

This wonderful tidbit is from Kirk Weisler....Thanks Kirk for giving me permission to put some of your daily thoughts on my blog.

TWO BOXES

I have in my hands two boxes

Which God gave me to hold.

He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,

And all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,

Both my joys and sorrows I stored,

But though the gold box became heavier each day,

The black was as light as before.

With curiosity, I opened the black,

I wanted to find out why,

And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,

Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused,

"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"

He smiled a gentle smile and said,

"My Child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,

The black is for you to let go."

EVENING PRAYER

MY FATHER AND MOTHER

BLESSED ARE YOU, LORD OUR GOD, WHO HAS GIVEN US HOLY PARENTS.

Lord of life, we are a grateful for the gift of parents, grandparent's, and great-grandparents.
These persons, who were chosen by You for us, have shared with us not only life,
but a multitude of gifts and talents as well.


We are each indeed home-made, and our parents were the doorway, by which we entered into the Wonder of Life.
In our grandparents, we sensed and felt the thread of history and the treasures of tradition that lay within our family. We ask that those who guided our early steps and called forth our latent talents, may be richly rewarded by You, their Divine Parent.

In the long tradition of Holy Parents, of Abraham and Sara, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel, may our parents be blessed by Your Faithful Love.

May all teachers, guides and friends who have, at times, been a parental-person to us, be blessed as well by Your Divine Compassion and Care.

Show us, O Lord, whom we call Father, how we can express our gratitude to those who have given us live, by living the lives of Light and Life.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, who has given us holy parents.

Amen

This is for my parents, who taught us that life is good, "things" do not matter and how to treat people. They were always good examples of how life should be lived, and even through the toughest of times, to pray and keep smiling.

They were good examples and I now find, the older I get, just how smart they were in teaching us kids the values in life that really count. Daddy passed away at the young age of 62 from cancer, and Mama was with us until she was 82. Moms mind was so sharp and she loved to read.