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Daily Question, March 14

What are riches in my life that cannot be lost?

  • Japaria

    I’ve learned to trust and have faith in god more… my kids… my mother… my soon to be husband… and my blessing my mother in law

  • Zaina

    My eyes. Number one. Because then i cannot live properly nor appreciate the blessings of life. There is no life without them.
    There is no richness greater than this. I challenge someone to think of something better than this. Really, it doesn’t exist.

  • Mike

    The life, love and salvation I, who sins have made me chronically unworthy of them, nonetheless receive as a gift from the God the Father, His Son Jesus the Christ, and the Holy Spirit that proceeds from Them. I have become exceedingly convinced in recent years that by God’s mercy alone, I would have to go exceedingly far out of my way – into the most willful and final forms of blasphemy, in fact – to lose those.

  • Kristi

    My positive outlook, my memories and my beliefs.

  • Malag

    Everything can be lost. That impermanence is what makes this all so exquisite.

  • Javier Visionquest

    That which we do for others

  • Hot Sauce

    None of us can lose our inner divinity or our inherent worth.

  • Dusty Su

    Maybe the ones I have lost (people, places, eras), but found again in fabulous memories. A bit like the coffee I was drinking this morning. As I neared the last few sips, I wished there was more, yet was so grateful for how wonderful it had been. Wanting more tells how divine something/one/place has been.

  • John Tamminga

    Maybe those blessings that I pass on, pay forward or continue the ripples of blessing as I learn TO bless. I don’t do enough of this now and have the intent to do better in the future.

  • sb

    Family are what make my life rich; also nature; experiences I have had and lessons I have learnt, but the thing I feel I would least like to lose are my values which, I hope, make me a decent, kind person who can give back to life and those around me.

  • Linda

    Friends and family–they will forever be in my heart, regardless if they are here physically or not. I have been incredibly fortunate in having so many dear people in my life. I do not take it for granted.

  • Emily

    The Riches in my Life that cannot be Lost are the experiences, joys, sorrows, adventures and education that I have had so far in my life. Also the travels I have been on. These are all the riches in my life that cannot be lost as they are all a part of my life long story.

  • Cathie

    That which is eternal within me.

  • Christine

    Lessons learnt from mistakes I made, from life itself, inspiring teachers, parents, friends, the not so friends, nature……….

  • Vincent-Edward Ciliberti

    Integrity

  • Toni

    The joy and wonderment of life that connects us all especially amidst the darkness where it is often seen more clearly and appreciated in richer caverns of the heart. When I am not focused on my personal despair, I can feel joy.

  • Ed Schulte

    Inner LIFE = Light.

    It is what I came into form in and will leave this form in….and return and leave again, and again…accumulating Loves’ truth and beauty from experience within Humanly incarnation .. It is the Infinite LIFE = Light of BE-ing and Be-ing-ness.

  • SK

    The richness of good, deep, lasting friendships; of having been loved unconditionally; of vast and great adventures out in the world; my Native American heritage and those ancestors who gave me life.

  • Carol
    A quote from my dear friend Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr who passed away this past year comes to mind. “The only thing permanent is change.” I find this very true so I’m having difficulty with the question. However, I am reminded of a poem by Merrit Malloy and share it below. When I Die “When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry, Cry for your brother Walking the street beside you And when you need me, Put your arms Around anyon...

    A quote from my dear friend Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr who passed away this past year comes to mind. “The only thing permanent is change.” I find this very true so I’m having difficulty with the question. However, I am reminded of a poem by Merrit Malloy and share it below.

    When I Die

    “When I die
    Give what’s left of me away
    To children
    And old men that wait to die.

    And if you need to cry,
    Cry for your brother
    Walking the street beside you
    And when you need me,
    Put your arms
    Around anyone
    And give to them
    What you need to give to me.

    I want to leave you something,
    Something better
    Than words
    Or sounds.

    Look for me
    In the people I’ve known
    Or loved,
    And if you cannot give me away,
    At least let me live in your eyes
    And not on your mind.

    You can love me most
    By letting
    Hands touch hands
    By letting
    Bodies touch bodies
    And by letting go
    Of children
    That need to be free.

    Love doesn’t die,
    People do.
    So, when all that’s left of me
    Is love,
    Give me away”

    ― Merrit Malloy

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  • Patricia

    I like a phrase Howie used below: “gentle untethering.” I want to do that and let go with grace as I age (and age and age…) and also come to terms with personal loss. But I have faith that all of these precious things that I consider riches (relationships, moments, LOVE) will be held eternally in the circle of God’s care even if they no longer are held by the individual ego-self that is me….

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