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My greatest source of Hope is in my faith. The last few years has been the most challenging in my life and I regret to admit that I have lost sight complete Fitness and adventure. I hope today’s reflection will continue to remind me how important these qualities are to gratitude and finding Joy in life
There is a woman in the nursing home I visit named Mrs. Mae. She is in her 90s. She has lived in this nursing home for over ten years. In spite of her circumstances, she is the happiest person I have ever met. When I asked how she stays so upbeat, she says, “I have my eyes, I can walk and talk, I can hear, I can read and I can think. God has been so good to me. She has reached the level of gratitude many of us aspire to. Today I pray for Mrs. Mae and that I too may be like her.
Today I will remind myself how blessed we are to live in this country, enjoying the freedom and liberties that so many others will never know. I will pray today for world peace and for the over 40,000,000 migrants and refugees who have been victimized by the tyranny of political power and war.
To look at each person I come in contact I love you to myself but mean it toward them. I can take a moment I think to myself this too is a child of God. More importantly to remember my job is not to judge battle of.
I temperature important money in my life. I have plenty of it and I still worry about it.. the more I put my outright trust in God the happier I will be and the more grateful I will become.
Making it a point to make time each day to say something or do something that shows how much you appreciate them or it.
Probably the most important is I’ve never felt that I haven’t been loved. Although I have been poor, I’ve always had a place to lay my head to sleep at night and I always found a way to feed myself. I’ve never been lonely. I’ve always been able to find friends value and can spend time with and share my feelings and secrets. Life has never been easy, nor has anything been handed to me. However. God has giving me so much to be grateful for in this life. In th...
Probably the most important is I’ve never felt that I haven’t been loved. Although I have been poor, I’ve always had a place to lay my head to sleep at night and I always found a way to feed myself. I’ve never been lonely. I’ve always been able to find friends value and can spend time with and share my feelings and secrets. Life has never been easy, nor has anything been handed to me. However. God has giving me so much to be grateful for in this life. In the times that he is taking things away from me, albeit my financial well-being or my health, it’s been a purification to help me appreciate what I have or had all the more
As much as I think of her and love her, I don’t know that I will ever fully appreciate all that my wife does for me, my family, and our friends. After 8 years of dating and 35 years of marriage, I still need to pinch myself every now and then to remind myself and my kids to do something to show her how much she means to me.
I am a new disciple of gratitude but what I have learned thus far is to pause in my life to take the time to take a breath and accept my circumstance with gratitude. It’s easy to be grateful for the good things in life but it learning to be wilfully accepting of the challenges, misfortunes, and sufferings of myself and others in my care. I just read again in BDSR’s book that faith is best measured during these times. So, I am doing my best to mindfully live my faith by trusting...
I am a new disciple of gratitude but what I have learned thus far is to pause in my life to take the time to take a breath and accept my circumstance with gratitude. It’s easy to be grateful for the good things in life but it learning to be wilfully accepting of the challenges, misfortunes, and sufferings of myself and others in my care. I just read again in BDSR’s book that faith is best measured during these times. So, I am doing my best to mindfully live my faith by trusting God in all things.
This morning I awakened to a heaviness, worries and concerns about my life. None of which is really life threatening or seriously concerning in the grand scheme of things. As I sit here in my beautiful home listening to the rain 6 on all that I have to be grateful for, I am reminded once again of all I have to be grateful for.
When you put your trust in people you risk disappointment. When you put your trust in God, you learn from disappointments.
The more I trust God, the less I have to fear.
Like Job, who looked for God and did not find him in the greatness of nature but in the slightest whisper of a gentle breeze,. When we take a moment to sit in silence with our heart’s whispers, we discover our true selves.
West Side Story truly changed my life. It brought to my attention out in the NYC suburbs that there really was such a thing as racial divide in the world, the music and the dancing said such an impression on me that I pursue that career early in life
How might I clarify what matters most? We clarify what matters most by the lens through which we perceive the world. Looking at my Brother’s comment below, if we look at the political system in the USA honestly, we see problems and want to blame them on one side. However, both have had the chance to solve, world peace, immigration, social injustice, poverty, pollution, etc.. All are equally guilty. Black live matter but Black Lives Matter is an organization that supports any m...
How might I clarify what matters most? We clarify what matters most by the lens through which we perceive the world. Looking at my Brother’s comment below, if we look at the political system in the USA honestly, we see problems and want to blame them on one side. However, both have had the chance to solve, world peace, immigration, social injustice, poverty, pollution, etc.. All are equally guilty. Black live matter but Black Lives Matter is an organization that supports any means to achieve their goals including violence.
What matters is truth, not our truth, the truth that is set forward by God. When we look at what matters to us through the lens of what matters in our relationship to God we have perspective. Looking through this lens we gain clarity on our own aspirations. What matters to God should first be the thought. Does this bring me closer to God or does this thought or action stand between me and my relationship with God? If we seek truth we find the answers behind our emotions. In seeking clarity in our own heart we must first consider “What is truth?”, Pontius Pilot.
Remaining calm and focusing on other people in the same situation helps me to think more charitably. Stop. Look. Listen and always remember God is in control.. Believe that whatever is happening something good will come from it. trust in God.
I have been in a relationship for many years that has been hampered by a lack of open honest and regular Communications. As we have grown older we found the time and regularly make the time to talk about these things before they faster and become an issue. we have had many things we’ve needed to forgive each other over the years. We’ve recently discovered that when we sit down once a week and talk about where we feel we’ve been let down or have let the other down it leads to...
I have been in a relationship for many years that has been hampered by a lack of open honest and regular Communications. As we have grown older we found the time and regularly make the time to talk about these things before they faster and become an issue. we have had many things we’ve needed to forgive each other over the years. We’ve recently discovered that when we sit down once a week and talk about where we feel we’ve been let down or have let the other down it leads to an intimacy of caring, love and begins the circle of gratitude, joy and love.
Idiosyncracies are not always quirks, they can sometimes be the simple characteristics of personalities or being that make us who we are as individuals. For me, I would miss the part of of me that is always looking to make things better. On the one had this characteristic frequently will lead me to not accept a circumstance that I have no control over but I still try to change it. I am learning acceptance as I continue to focus on gratitude. However, that trait does lend itself to optimi...
Idiosyncracies are not always quirks, they can sometimes be the simple characteristics of personalities or being that make us who we are as individuals. For me, I would miss the part of of me that is always looking to make things better. On the one had this characteristic frequently will lead me to not accept a circumstance that I have no control over but I still try to change it. I am learning acceptance as I continue to focus on gratitude. However, that trait does lend itself to optimism that things can be or get better. I’m trying to STOP/LOOK/GO in those instances to remind myself that God has led me here, to trust and accept it. If I lost that trait, I would lose hope to some degree.
I don’t know anyone who does not see the injustice of our legal system. My prayers today are for all the business people who were innocently victimized by unnecessary vandalism. The police, 99.9% of whom are well-intended people. They awaken every day to maintain civility for all. They come to our aid, often putting their lives on the line in the process. It is time for action but never at a cost of peace and love.
I enjoy the comfort of knowing got all of humanity call of nature around me and support me. Same time it inspires me to stand tall in times of trial and look for opportunities to help others. In all of this, I am reminded that by myself I can do so little but with God nothing is impossible. I offer my prayers and share my love particularly with all of those who offer their Reflections today.
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