God is Always Ready
God is always ready,
but we are very unready;
God is near to us,
but we are far from Him;
God is within, but we are without;
God is at home, but we are strangers.
hope
Today’s Quote on Hope and Confidence
I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Today’s Quote on the Power of Love
Lord, give us the power of hope,
The fire of love,
The light of faith.
Pope John Paul II
Today’s Quote on Courage & Hope
“In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.” - Albert Careb
Hope ~ An Inspiring Poem
Never go gloomy, man with a mind,
Hope is a better companion than fear;
Providence, ever benignant and kind,
Gives with a smile what you take with a tear;
All will be right,
Look to the light.
Morning was ever the daughter of night;
All that was black will be all that is bright,
Cheerily, cheerily, then cheer up.
Many a foe is a friend in disguise,
Many a trouble a blessing most true,
Helping the heart to be happy and wise,
With love ever precious and joys ever new.
Stand in the van,
Strike like a man!
This is the bravest and cleverest plan;
Trusting in God while you do what you can.
Cheerily, cheerily, then cheer up.
Anonymous.
Excerpt From
It Can Be Done / Poems of Inspiration
Today’s Quote on Life as Mystery
There is nothing in the world that is not mysterious, but the mystery is more evident in certain things than in others: in the sea, in the eyes of the elders, in the color yellow, and in music.
Jorge Luis Borges
Something to Think About
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
Do you have a dream?
Is your dream strong enough to pull you into tomorrow?
Is your dream powerful enough to give you the strength to overcome all the difficulties you’ll face to acquire it?
What is your dream? Leap into the unknown and go for it. Turn your dream into a reality.
If you fail, learn from it. If you stumble, get up, shake it off, and start over again and again.
Never Quit – Never Give Up
Today’s Quote on Human Potential by Emerson
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Something to Think About
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
Louise Erdrich
Life has taught me love is the answer. Love shines a light in the darkness. It is the songbird in my live oak tree. It is a neighbor waving at me as I drive off. It is the welcoming smile of people at my gym or church or market. I’ve discovered love surrounds me. And, it has made all the difference in my life.
Have you had similar experiences?
Has love pulled you through the dark, painful times?
Have you discovered love in its myriad expressions?
Prayer of St. Francis (Feast Day October 4)
Prayer of St. Francis
- Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
- Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
- Where there is injury, pardon.
- Where there is doubt, faith.
- Where there is despair, hope.
- Where there is darkness, light.
- Where there is sadness, joy.
- O Divine Master,
- grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
- to be understood, as to understand;
- to be loved, as to love.
- For it is in giving that we receive.
- It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
- and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
- Amen.
