Gratitude Lounge Welcome to our community space to support and celebrate Grateful Living. Please consider reflecting on questions such as these: What am I grateful for? How does gratefulness enrich my life, my community, the world? What is grateful living inspiring me to do? You are welcome to include images and videos to illustrate your reflections… Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Dawn Elaine58 mins agoDawn ElaineSo grateful for the truth of this message, especially right now in our struggling world: “He’s Got The Whole World In HIs Hands.” 1 Reply Debra7 hours agoDebraToday I am filled with awe and wonder. Gratefulness exudes. I am making a spiritual commitment to a community that I love. I know it will be a joyous day for me. Yet it will be humbling at the same time. Love to all of you as I embark on this ‘trail of life’. 3 Reply Dawn Elaine1 day agoDawn ElaineGrateful for the willingness to unclutch my grip on the toy I’ve clung to for so long, For finally hearing and seeing the hints of danger I’d ignored, stopping my ears and closing my eyes. And that the shiny red box with the bomb inside Didn’t blow up in my hands. 4 Reply Anna16 hours agoAnnaThank you Dawn Elaine, your words are so much appreciated. 1 Reply Mary16 hours agoMaryYour sharing makes me think to myself- What do I need to let go of? What do I need to embrace?, and what do I want to use my time and energy on? As l will soon be shifting from teaching full time to teaching part time, these questions are important for me to explore. I get so busy I often forget to be conscious of the way I am living my life. Although I will be losing some money, new opportunities will become available. Peace to you Dawn Elaine. Mary 3 Reply grateful sea20 hours agograteful seaPeace to you, friend. 1 Reply Mica1 day agoMicaYikes, Dawn Elaine! That’s quite a lot of unusual things to be grateful for. Thanks for sharing, and give yourself big hugs 2 Reply Dawn Elaine1 day agoDawn ElaineDear Mica. It was intended as a metaphor. I’ve been clutching something for a long time – a part of my life to which I thought I was entitled. I was like a kid with a shiny toy screaming, “MINE! You can’t have it.” Grace began to give me hints that inside that toy were the elements of the destruction of my True Self, but I ignored the hints, justified the claw marks, until finally, the pain of grasping became greater than the pain of letting go. After almost ten years, I finally...Dear Mica. It was intended as a metaphor. I’ve been clutching something for a long time – a part of my life to which I thought I was entitled. I was like a kid with a shiny toy screaming, “MINE! You can’t have it.” Grace began to give me hints that inside that toy were the elements of the destruction of my True Self, but I ignored the hints, justified the claw marks, until finally, the pain of grasping became greater than the pain of letting go. After almost ten years, I finally opened my hands. The relief is palpable and I’m just filled with gratefulness. Read More6 Reply Mica15 hours agoMicaThanks, Dawn Elaine – I’m glad you’re getting palpable relief and gratefulness! I’m amazed at how clueless I’ve been about my life at some stages of my life. Indeed it’s wonderful when one’s vision improves! 2 Reply Palm5 hours agoPalmYes, Mica, my eye vision is not improving with age, but it is indeed wonderful this type of vision does improve! 🙂 thanks for the conversation…Blessing Mica and Dawn Elaine 1 Reply Anna1 day agoAnnaGrateful for fruits and flowers. I offer it to you, my friends. Dear Sylvie, dear Michele, I miss you. 4 Reply grateful sea20 hours agograteful seaAnna, thank you for sharing this bright image of abundance. Do you know what are the fruits? I have also been thinking of Sylvie and Awinchen, along with Michele. And as Diane has written below, of Manda. Also Nancy and Aine. Grateful for their presence, remembering them each Tuesday. Blessings, all. 3 Reply Anna16 hours agoAnnaOh yes Grateful Sea, Diane and all of you, I tenderly remember Manda, Nancy and Aine, and also Alicia Mary Anne, I often hope to see their icons again. 2 Reply Anna17 hours agoAnnaGrateful Sea, They are olives, those green ones that can become a precious extra virgin olive oil. Everyone can taste his taste on a simple piece of bread, like every simple thing that fills our lives with joy! I enjoyed it during my holidays in Sicily. 2 Reply Diane1 day agoDianeAnna…what a beautiful picture. Thank you for sharing it my friend. I miss our other “buddies on the path” when they are not here for awhile. Dear Sylvie and Michele…hoping you are well. ♥ Anna…..do you remember our sweet Manda? I miss her as well and often wonder how she is doing….she was such a bright light in this sacred community. 3 Reply Pilgrim1 day agoPilgrimLovely, dear Anna. Thank you. I also miss Sylvie and Awinchen and Michele. 2 Reply Palm1 day agoPalmAnna, the colour is amazing and it’s like little flowers within a flower. It seems also that it is growing in the wild, beautiful, thank you. I join you, I have been thinking of Sylvie too, I pray that both Michele and Sylvie are well 🙏🏻 3 Reply Anna16 hours agoAnnaPalm, There are bougainvillea flowers and leaves of olive, and some olives just near the flowers. The silver reflexes of the leaves under the sun look like little flowers! 2 Reply Palm5 hours agoPalmI saw the olives after writing to you Anna, it is so nice to see them in the plant! 1 Reply Diane2 days agoDianeGood morning lovely people: Filled with gratitude for this sacred space. Thank you for being here with me with your unconditional love and support. I spent some time this morning reading through some of my old journals. It was encouraging and discouraging at the same time. I was comforted by my own words. But also saw that some of the thoughts and reflections and questions and fears and anxieties and searching are still present in my being. And then I remembered these words from Letter...Good morning lovely people: Filled with gratitude for this sacred space. Thank you for being here with me with your unconditional love and support. I spent some time this morning reading through some of my old journals. It was encouraging and discouraging at the same time. I was comforted by my own words. But also saw that some of the thoughts and reflections and questions and fears and anxieties and searching are still present in my being. And then I remembered these words from Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke: ““Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” This gives me hope….even though I am far from being a “young poet”! So today I will be patient with the questions that are still unsolved in my heart….perhaps they never will be answered in this life and perhaps this is the gift. I will embrace the silence that has enveloped me lately…..it’s been hard to pray or even form sentences. Perhaps I need to learn this right now…..silence is golden it has been said. Perhaps I just need to keep writing and writing since the words come easier on paper than they do verbally. According to Thomas Moore (“Original Self”) in the Middle Ages a depressed state was described as being “in Saturn”. It is a spirit, like Saturn, who is visiting or who has taken up residence. Saturn was honored as the god of contemplation….and contemplation involves sitting in silence and solitude. I think I am getting the message. I am grateful (finally) for this current state of being….my daughter is my buddy on this path…encouraging me along the way. This has bonded us even closer together…she is getting ready to leave our little farmhouse to begin the next chapter of her own journey. And I am grateful for this time with her. ~Be blessed dear friends Read More2 Reply Palm1 day agoPalm❤️ 1 Reply Anna1 day agoAnnaDear Diane, there is always a lot to learn in your words, thank you dear friend! I also have many unanswered questions and this reflection of Rilke is a balm. 2 Reply Diane1 day agoDianeCara Anna……it has been a comfort to me too 🧡 🙏 ~Blessings friend 1 Reply Pilgrim1 day agoPilgrimDear Diane, thank you for your vulnerability in sharing your heart with us here. We are here to support you, my friend. You have found just the right words from Rilke; words that have been meaningful to me more than once on my journey. Your family is such a gift and blessing on this pathway. You are blessed, my. friend, and we are blessed that you are a part of our community. Namaste. 2 Reply Diane1 day agoDianeThank you Pilgrim….I am grateful for this miraculous community always. Your support means so much my friend….have a blessed day. 💙 1 Reply Ose2 days agoOseDear Michele, I add a photo for you. May it offer some joy about the beauty of the world we live in, which is always there. May you, and all of us be inspired to awake to a new day and to blossoming in abundance, all together. From my heart, greetings to all who share and visit here. 7 Reply Palm2 days agoPalmSo beautiful dear Ose, I join in, you have been in my thoughts dear Michele 2 Reply Debra2 days agoDebraGlowing, being back and reading your inspirational message, Ose. I too join with the community missing and extending calming hands upon Michele’s heart. 5 Reply Mary16 hours agoMaryLike grateful sea, I am also very happy to see you here, Debra. Mary 2 Reply Debra16 hours agoDebraWhat a sweetheart l! 1 Reply grateful sea20 hours agograteful seaGlad to see you here again, Debra. 2 Reply Debra20 hours agoDebraSuch a gracious expression. Thank you, 1 Reply Mica3 days agoMicaDear Michele, we heard from you a week ago, when Ursula left us. Know that you are cherished, and give yourself big hugs! 3 Reply Diane3 days agoDianeGood morning lovely friends You continue to be in our hearts and prayers Michelle. Your sweet spirit is missed here. I am thinking of you grateful sea and hoping that all went well at your disability hearing my friend. I had a weird emotional day yesterday. The tears started in the morning and continued throughout the day. I was really really sad in every sense of the word. For some reasons that were tangible but overall my sadness was a nebulous blanket that had been draped over me.....Good morning lovely friends You continue to be in our hearts and prayers Michelle. Your sweet spirit is missed here. I am thinking of you grateful sea and hoping that all went well at your disability hearing my friend. I had a weird emotional day yesterday. The tears started in the morning and continued throughout the day. I was really really sad in every sense of the word. For some reasons that were tangible but overall my sadness was a nebulous blanket that had been draped over me…..and I was completely powerless to remove it. So eventually I just reconciled myself to letting it happen. My daughter and I had planned a birthday lunch and pedicure but I just couldn’t muster up the fortitude to go anywhere or do anything. It was a little scary, to be honest, the force of this sadness. My day was filled with birthday wishes, my sweet neighbor stopped by with a bouquet of flowers, my daughter was fully present with me throughout the weepy day, my husband brought home dinner. Blessings all around me and I was not unaware of them. But still the fog did not lift. Today is a little better. I will practice acceptance and acts of kindness….I’ve already written loving emails to my sister and sister-in-law and returned some beautiful text messages. Perhaps I will try to do some journaling today. My candle is lit and meditative music is playing. I had a lovely yummy breakfast. My daughter and her boyfriend are happy together and going to the 4-H fair today and that makes me smile. We will all be together in Colorado next month. I am grateful for all of these “little” (but not so little) gifts. Thank you for listening dear friends….for being a source of strength, courage, and inspiration in my life. I am grateful to be a part of this miraculous community. Om Shanti, Om Shanti….peace to you all this new day. ♥ Read More3 Reply Serafina2 days agoSerafinaPeace to you Diane ♥. 1 Reply Diane2 days agoDianeThank you Serafina ♥ 1 Reply Palm2 days agoPalmA belated happy birthday to you, dear Diane, thanks for sharing both your blessings and sadness with us, I think birthdays can be quite emotional, and you have much in your heart at the moment my friend.. I can relate to those foggy feelings that arrive sometimes.. you describe it so well… I am sending peaceful, loving and centring energy ❤️ 1 Reply Diane2 days agoDianeThank you Palm for your kind understanding and your beautiful wishes for me. They have encouraged my heart dear friend ♥ 2 Reply SeeAreLow3 days agoSeeAreLowHello everyone, Sending nothing but peace and blessings to you all. Take care. 6 Reply Diane3 days agoDianeGood morning….thank you for your lovely message and welcome to our sacred community. Om Shanti ♥ 1 Reply Mary3 days agoMaryHi SeeAreLow. Welcome! I wish you peace and blessings as well. Please stop by again. Mary 2 Reply Mary3 days agoMaryDear Friends, I searched Michele’s name in the virtual candle section. Up came candles from seven of us. I am thrilled. What a beautiful display of love, support, and prayer for our dear friend Michele. I hope she is reading this and has seen the candles. Dearest Michele, We love you so much. We are all praying for you and holding you in our hearts. ❤️❤️❤️ 3 Reply Diane3 days agoDianeDear Mary….you are a kind and loving spirit and I am so grateful for your presence here. ~Blessings ♥ 1 Reply Anna3 days agoAnnaMary, I have some issues in lighting a candle for our dearest Michele. I lit it in my heart. Take care Mary, you are so kind and dear! 2 Reply grateful sea4 days agograteful seaDear friends, this afternoon I go before a judge for my final disability hearing. I go alone and I am feeling a lot of fear and regret. This has been a long process (over three years) and overwhelming. I wish I could have advocated for myself better. I am grateful for the opportunity to have asked for help of this kind as I realize it is not the case throughout much of the world when one finds oneself unable to work. It is not easy to ask for help. If this is not the help I am to receive, ...Dear friends, this afternoon I go before a judge for my final disability hearing. I go alone and I am feeling a lot of fear and regret. This has been a long process (over three years) and overwhelming. I wish I could have advocated for myself better. I am grateful for the opportunity to have asked for help of this kind as I realize it is not the case throughout much of the world when one finds oneself unable to work. It is not easy to ask for help. If this is not the help I am to receive, I pray for the energy and courage to keep opening other doors. For the outcome of today, I especially appreciate recent reflections from Diane and Palm about “letting go.” Thank you all for being this community. Peace, all. Read More5 Reply Anna3 days agoAnnaDear Grateful Sea, I hope that today everything goes in the direction which is the better for you. I am holding you in a special prayer, and I join you in your Grateful greeting to this community. 2 Reply grateful sea23 hours agograteful seaThank you, dear sweet Anna. 1 Reply Diane3 days agoDianedear grateful sea....I am with you in spirit and also in this shared experience. I received disability for 3 years and I remember well going to my own hearing. I had a lot of trepidation and anxiety. I am lighting a candle for you in solidarity my friend...and because today is my birthday I hope that my wishes for you will have an extra amount of grace. 😇 Please let us know how things went....and whatever happens remember that you are surrounded by divine light and enfolded in uncondition...dear grateful sea….I am with you in spirit and also in this shared experience. I received disability for 3 years and I remember well going to my own hearing. I had a lot of trepidation and anxiety. I am lighting a candle for you in solidarity my friend…and because today is my birthday I hope that my wishes for you will have an extra amount of grace. 😇 Please let us know how things went….and whatever happens remember that you are surrounded by divine light and enfolded in unconditional love. ~Blessings dear friend ♥ Read More3 Reply grateful sea23 hours agograteful seaDear Diane, thank you so very much for your blessings, so auspicious on your birthday. I did not read your message until I returned from the hearing and I don't know if I can explain, but as I wrote to Palm below, I know for sure that there was a very special kind of grace that got me through the hearing. Not that it was easy at all, as I was sick with anxiety, but as I waited I tried to calm myself by practicing the Gentle Art of Blessing. And there seemed to be a force of kindness circulati...Dear Diane, thank you so very much for your blessings, so auspicious on your birthday. I did not read your message until I returned from the hearing and I don’t know if I can explain, but as I wrote to Palm below, I know for sure that there was a very special kind of grace that got me through the hearing. Not that it was easy at all, as I was sick with anxiety, but as I waited I tried to calm myself by practicing the Gentle Art of Blessing. And there seemed to be a force of kindness circulating through everyone, from the guards to the administrators, to the occupational expert and the judge. This was unexpected and felt so different from my experience last year. You might marvel, Diane, because when the hearing was finished, there was even a very vibrant woman in the elevator going down who offered me one of her BIRTHDAY cupcakes! And though I could not accept because of my dietary restrictions, I was so touched by her sparkly kindness. How can I say(?) but that maybe(?) on reflection (this morning feeling a bit refreshed after a wave of deep exhaustion these past two days), I can say that the experience gave me a burst of renewed trust in life and a hope that I might regain vibrancy. And so regardless of the outcome of the hearing (I await a letter in the mail) there is a sense this morning that all shall be well, all shall be well. I send love and belated happy birthday wishes to you, dear Diane. Read More2 Reply Diane22 hours agoDianeDearest grateful sea.....thank you for sharing this grace-filled experience with me. I believe that you attracted this grace.... with your gentle and kind spirit, your open heart and your grateful mindfulness. Light attracts light my friend. ♥ Thank you for your birthday wishes.....sharing this beautiful story with me is a very special birthday present! :) I will keep you close in prayer as you await the outcome of your hearing. I pray you keep peace in your heart and sit serenely with...Dearest grateful sea…..thank you for sharing this grace-filled experience with me. I believe that you attracted this grace…. with your gentle and kind spirit, your open heart and your grateful mindfulness. Light attracts light my friend. ♥ Thank you for your birthday wishes…..sharing this beautiful story with me is a very special birthday present! 🙂 I will keep you close in prayer as you await the outcome of your hearing. I pray you keep peace in your heart and sit serenely with the assurance that, no matter what, all shall be well indeed. ~With grateful love and blessings ♥ Read More4 Reply grateful sea21 hours agograteful seaThank you, my friend. I hold you close, too, in heart, in the days to come. 1 Reply Ose2 days agoOseHave a beautiful birthday, dear Diane! 1 Reply Diane2 days agoDianeThank you dear Ose ♥ 1 Reply Pilgrim3 days agoPilgrimHappy Birthday dear Diane! 1 Reply Diane3 days agoDianeThank you so much Pilgrim. ♥ 1 Reply Mary3 days agoMaryDear grateful sea, I hope this turns out well for you. I have some experience in this area and find it mind boggling what they put people through who are seeking assistance. You are brave grateful sea to do this by yourself. I am with you grateful sea. I am sending you my love.💕 Mary 3 Reply grateful sea1 day agograteful seaDear Mary, thank you for your love and understanding. It really helps. 1 Reply Mary12 hours agoMary💕💕💕 0 Reply Amor fati3 days agoAmor fatiI too will be with you today. You will get what you need even if it doesn’t look like what you are expecting. 2 Reply grateful sea1 day agograteful seaDear Amor fati, thank you for your encouragement. At the hearing I was met with unexpected kindness. 1 Reply Palm3 days agoPalmDear grateful sea, I have had a candle lit the whole afternoon, as I had been feeling a little uneasy for no reason in particular. I now read your post and am sending you calming energy, which in turn has calmed me down. You are not alone, we will be thinking of you. I can only imagine how overwhelming this process has been, but I too am glad that you have had the opportunity to ask, although it is not easy to do... yes, not all countries offer this type of help... I pray that you can meet wit...Dear grateful sea, I have had a candle lit the whole afternoon, as I had been feeling a little uneasy for no reason in particular. I now read your post and am sending you calming energy, which in turn has calmed me down. You are not alone, we will be thinking of you. I can only imagine how overwhelming this process has been, but I too am glad that you have had the opportunity to ask, although it is not easy to do… yes, not all countries offer this type of help… I pray that you can meet with the right people today, who can see in their heart that you have a real need. We are testimony of that here… Sending love and courage, from Palm Read More3 Reply grateful sea1 day agograteful seaDear Palm, thank you so very much for your calming words and prayerful energy. I absolutely know there was a special kind of grace that got me through the hearing. Since then I have been exhausted, unable to read or write anything, but I am feeling a bit refreshed this morning. Sending love from grateful sea. 2 Reply Palm1 day agoPalmDear grateful sea, I thought you may be exhausted… I am comforted to hear that you felt supported during the hearing and to read in your response to Amor fati that people were kind. I wish you rest and relaxation this weekend, sending love from Palm. 2 Reply grateful sea23 hours agograteful seaThank you, my friend. I wish the same for you (rest and relaxation). 2 Reply Pilgrim4 days agoPilgrimI am holding you in prayer, dear grateful sea. 5 Reply grateful sea1 day agograteful seaThank you, dear Pilgrim. 1 Reply Serafina4 days agoSerafinasending you wishes of strength and luck grateful sea. ❤ 5 Reply grateful sea4 days agograteful seaThank you, Serafina. 4 Reply Mary4 days agoMaryI have lit another virtual candle for you, Michele, that your sadness might ease. It can be found under Michele/from Mary. I invite everyone to light a candle for Michele, either on the web site or at your home. I send you my love and prayers dearest Michele. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 Mary 5 Reply Serafina4 days agoSerafinathank you Mary…I lit a virtual candle for Michele…❤️🙏 3 Reply grateful sea4 days agograteful seaYes, Mary, I light a candle at home for Michele. 3 Reply Pilgrim4 days agoPilgrimDear Mary, I lit a virtual candle for Michele. Though I do not understand if they are organized in some way that isn’t obvious to me. 2 Reply Mary4 days agoMaryDear Pilgrim, In the place where it says to sign your name, if you put Michele’s name first, and then your name, Michele could find the candle you lit for her by searching under her name. By the way if you search under Michele’s name now, both the candle you lit and mine show up. I guess yours shows up because you wrote her name in your prayer. 💕💕 1 Reply Palm4 days agoPalmDear friends, I woke up heart-warmed this morning, thinking we would be connected in a special way again on our common prayer day, our gift from dear Ursula. Recently I had been thinking about letting things be resolved on their own... then I received a prayer from a friend that gave me much peace, and led me to re-set up one of my passwords (I do that, it works as a mantra...): “I put everything in Your Hands”. It has helped me to know that I don’t need to solve something for which I don...Dear friends, I woke up heart-warmed this morning, thinking we would be connected in a special way again on our common prayer day, our gift from dear Ursula. Recently I had been thinking about letting things be resolved on their own… then I received a prayer from a friend that gave me much peace, and led me to re-set up one of my passwords (I do that, it works as a mantra…): “I put everything in Your Hands”. It has helped me to know that I don’t need to solve something for which I don’t have a solution… The word of the day also spoke to me “A problem is a chance for you to do your best” Duke Ellington. I think of you Diane, and the divine hints you’ve been receiving to let go … I want to share part of that prayer with you all, translating it the best I can: “This morning I put all the things that worry me and exhaust me, in Your Hands I want to perform an act of abandonment into Your Infinite Mercy. There are things I can’t understand, and others that I haven’t been able to solve But I am certain that You will open ways and move mountains, so that Your Perfect Will is realised in my existence…” On Tuesday nights I watch my favourite comedy, that is if I manage to stay awake, but I am grateful anyways 😊 love and blessings dear friends Read More3 Reply grateful sea4 days agograteful seaDear Palm, thank you for sharing the prayer as I too am feeling the need to ‘let go’ of some big things in my life and needing so much grace to do so. Yesterday morning on our common prayer day, I was here in silence. It was what I could do. Today is the twelfth morning I have lit a candle in honor of Ursula since learning of her passing. It was something I wanted to do in remembering the Twelve Nights of Peace practice that we did this past Christmas that was so important to her. And I...Dear Palm, thank you for sharing the prayer as I too am feeling the need to ‘let go’ of some big things in my life and needing so much grace to do so. Yesterday morning on our common prayer day, I was here in silence. It was what I could do. Today is the twelfth morning I have lit a candle in honor of Ursula since learning of her passing. It was something I wanted to do in remembering the Twelve Nights of Peace practice that we did this past Christmas that was so important to her. And I hold in my heart the image of her going to St. Anthony’s shrine in the snowy darkness to light match after match. I do believe that somehow through our prayers we are connected through space and time. Wishing you peace and sparks of laughter dear Palm. Read More3 Reply Pilgrim2 days agoPilgrimSuch a beautiful way of remembering our dear friend Ursula, grateful sea. Thank you for sharing. 1 Reply Palm3 days agoPalmOh grateful sea, hearing about your remembrance for Ursula and her practice and yours last Christmas has warmed my heart in a way that is difficult to describe, thank you dear friend… ❤️ 1 Reply Diane4 days agoDianeDear Palm…..ah yes, letting go. It is a strong message being sent to me these days. I have been feeling confused and somewhat defeated in this quest. But then I receive reminders just when I need them most that I am The Beloved. This prayer that you have shared is evidence to me of God’s grace in my life. Thank you for sharing…..it was exactly what I needed. I read it and then prayed it with grateful tears. Thank you, thank you my friend. Blessings and love ♥ 2 Reply Palm4 days agoPalmI am so grateful, dear Diane, that I can offer back some of the comfort that I have received when reading from you ❤️ 1 Reply Mary4 days agoMaryYes Palm, it is good to connect with each other. It feels bittersweet to me- so good to connect with each of you, dear friends, but sad to be doing so without Ursula. Thank you Palm for reminding me to let go. The first line in your friends prayer about putting worries into the hands of the God reminded me of the refrain from the hymn Eagle’s Wing’s by Fr. Jim O’Connor. “ And he will raise you up on eagle’s wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, Make you to shine like the...Yes Palm, it is good to connect with each other. It feels bittersweet to me- so good to connect with each of you, dear friends, but sad to be doing so without Ursula. Thank you Palm for reminding me to let go. The first line in your friends prayer about putting worries into the hands of the God reminded me of the refrain from the hymn Eagle’s Wing’s by Fr. Jim O’Connor. “ And he will raise you up on eagle’s wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, Make you to shine like the sun, And hold you in the palm of his hands.” I find that to be comforting. Thank you for sharing your friend’s prayer, Palm. It is beautiful and very helpful. I will copy it into my journal. I will also go back and copy Diane’s great poem “She Let Go” into my journal. I love that, and meant to copy it when Diane shared it. I find it to be very inspiring. Thanks also Palm for the idea of watching a comedy tonight. Laughing sounds so good! Thank you so much dear Palm for everything. Peace to everyone. I care about all of you so very much! Mary. 💕💕💕 Read More2 Reply Palm4 days agoPalmThank you Mary, I am grateful that my writing can be of help. For me it started when I thought to myself how many times things got resolved without me having to do anything, but just holding in there, doing my best with love, sometimes “tough love”… Thank you for the beautiful song, Mary, and for being so caring and perceiving who may need help.. I have lit a candle for Michele too… love and blessings friend ❤️🙏🏻 1 Reply Diane4 days agoDianeDear Mary…..thank you for sharing this beautiful song. I haven’t heard it in so long. It was played at my mother’s funeral mass and I remember it being such a comfort to me.then….and now….as I picture Ursula being held in His hands and shining like the sun. 🙏🌞 ~Blessings friend ♥ 2 Reply Carla4 days agoCarlaMary, thanks for post, Eagles Wings was written by Rev Michael Joncas. In case others are trying to find it on YouTube or online. ☘️ 2 Reply Mary4 days agoMaryYou’re right. Thanks Carla! Mary 2 Reply Pilgrim4 days agoPilgrimThank you, dear Mary. Eagle’s Wings has been a very meaningful hymn for me over these many years. Take good care of yourself, my friend. 1 Reply Anna4 days agoAnnaYou have made a gift to me, dear Palm, right now! 2 Reply Pilgrim4 days agoPilgrimDear Anna, I have been thinking of you … I hope you are well. 3 Reply Anna4 days agoAnnaPilgrim, Palm, dear friends, I'm here, but I haven't posted since Ursula's death. I'm in my last week of vacation. I walk a lot, so I'm often tired, but I visit this Lounge every day. I am moved by the fact that you ask about me, you are so dear. I admit that the loss of Ursula is a challenge, as Mary says, and during my journey, when I see foreign people, I imagine Ursula's face, it seems that I am able to see her. I also feel a sense of guilt if I add a photo of my holidays, because we have s...Pilgrim, Palm, dear friends, I’m here, but I haven’t posted since Ursula’s death. I’m in my last week of vacation. I walk a lot, so I’m often tired, but I visit this Lounge every day. I am moved by the fact that you ask about me, you are so dear. I admit that the loss of Ursula is a challenge, as Mary says, and during my journey, when I see foreign people, I imagine Ursula’s face, it seems that I am able to see her. I also feel a sense of guilt if I add a photo of my holidays, because we have shared a sad news. I would like to tell you something, certainly when I will come back to my home I will post a reflection. Dear friends, I will not leave this Lounge without a shared reason, and in any case I will stay here with you wherever I am. Thanks for your love, I feel it.❤️🌺 Read More3 Reply Diane4 days agoDianeCara Anna.....I am so happy to see you here. I am tired but before heading off to sleep I needed to be with my friends on this our common prayer day. The loss of our dear friend is still a pain in all of our hearts and we will always miss her. But we must remember that she would want us to live our lives to the fullest...this is how we honor her memory. She was a survivor and a warrior woman of great courage and resilience and will always be an inspiration to all of us Dear friend...enjoy...Cara Anna…..I am so happy to see you here. I am tired but before heading off to sleep I needed to be with my friends on this our common prayer day. The loss of our dear friend is still a pain in all of our hearts and we will always miss her. But we must remember that she would want us to live our lives to the fullest…this is how we honor her memory. She was a survivor and a warrior woman of great courage and resilience and will always be an inspiration to all of us Dear friend…enjoy your holiday with no guilt. Ursula would not want that. I look forward to seeing your photos when you are ready to share! Be well and know that you are so loved mia amica ♥ Read More1 Reply Mary4 days agoMaryDearest Anna, Please don’t hesitate to share your beautiful photos. I think everyone here would be happy to see your pictures. A little joy and beauty would be much appreciated. And I know that Ursula would be all for it! Love to you dear Anna! Mary 2 Reply Palm4 days agoPalmAnna, I too am happy to see you. I hope you enjoy the rest of your holidays to the fullest, I will be happy to read from you when you are back. I know, we are all sad, but as Diane says, we hold in our heart both joy and sorrow, in fact, is there any other possible way to live? Love to you <3 1 Reply Ose4 days agoOseJoining you, dear Pilgrim and dear Palm in thinking of Anna, and Michele. You all are in my prayers. May you be well. 3 Reply Anna4 days agoAnnaOse! We are here at the same time!!! A warm embrace to you, as well, I bow in front of you, Pilgrim, Palm! 1 Reply Pilgrim4 days agoPilgrimBlessings, dear friend. May the rest of your holiday be blessed. 1 Reply Mary4 days agoMaryYes, Anna, I am happy to hear from you as well! Mary 1 Reply Ose4 days agoOseSo happy to see you here, dear Anna!
