Quotes

~ Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion. ~

Buddha

~ The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey. ~

Sarah Fielding

Quotes

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
~ Warren G. Harding

Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are our gardeners.

~ William Shakespeare

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

~ Jim Rohn

Quote

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”

- Nora Roberts

Dreaming

As I've told you in previous posts here, I would love to renovate my home, especially the kitchen and the bathroom. I want to make both larger and install more cupboards in both. My towels currently reside on a shelf I put up in the bathroom, right above the toilet. I want to have a much bigger bath tub so I can actually get in and soak without being tied up like a pretzel. I would also consider having one of the pedestal sinks as they look so much nicer than the built in sink/vanity that I currently have. I must say though that the vanity does give some storage space, but I don't like putting stuff there are mice seem to keep getting in there. I've done work to block them from getting in, but there are some places I just can't get to so can't put tin or that spray stuff in. If I got to do the renovations I want to do, I could block all wholes where mice can get in. I'm pretty sure the bathroom is the last place they can get in, I think I've blocked the rest up.

At this time, renovations are, for me, just a dream.... and as Carl Sandburg said, "Nothing happens unless first a dream..."

Quotes

Lots of people like to quote things to everyone they talk to. Some quote stock market stuff, some are into quoting all the bad things that can happen if you do this or that. Some folks are into term life quoting, while others are quoting costs of rules or other such boring things. I personally like positive, uplifting quotes whether made by famous people or just 'Joe Schmoe types'. For example:

All of life is a journey; which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us. We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there, and how happy we are when we get there. From A Little Book of Happiness

If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy wtihin your heart, then in living I have made my mark. Thomas L. Odem Jr.

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. Buddha

Light Mail

Daily Inspiration: Although some marriages are made in heaven, they ALL have to be maintained on earth. ~Unknown

Today’s Affirmation: I remember the love today where it matters; in me.

Today's Spiritual Contemplation: There is only one bit of work absolutely essential to a lasting marriage. Remember the love! Most marriages die because the trivia of our daily dramas becomes more important to us than our real work; being a living witness to the love that brought us together and actively communicating from that love.

Light Mail is put out by Rev. Dale Jukes of the Okanagan Centre For Spiritual Living.

Light Mail

Daily Inspiration: It's not what you look at that matters it's what you see. ~Henry David Thoreau

Today’s Affirmation: I see only the nectar of love illuminating all the forms of the universe.

Today's Spiritual Contemplation: For many years now society has appreciated the incredible photos from the Hubble Space Telescope; these photos are adjusted into a visible light spectrum. For generations we have been treated to Kirlian photography showing the light emitted by living organisms. Is it really such a stretch to imagine that all we look upon emanates such a light? And is it really such a stretch to imagine being able to see it with the naked eye? This light of love is all around and visible when we choose to see it.

Light Mail is put out by Rev. Dale Jukes of the Okanagan Centre For Spiritual Living.

Light Mail

Daily Inspiration: You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning in your own. ~Unknown

Today’s Affirmation: Now and always I live from my clear source connection.

Today's Spiritual Contemplation: Through inner practices; reading contemplation, meditation, spiritual communion we keep the inner fires burning hot. Sometimes I find it especially necessary to go deep, stir up the coals and burn off some deep and lingering feelings of darkness in order to show up for certain ‘difficult’ people. Before bringing peace to another I must start with myself - always.

Light Mail is put out by Rev. Dale Jukes of the Okanagan Centre For Spiritual Living.

Light Mail

Daily Inspiration: A good marriage is the union of two forgivers. ~Ruth Bell Graham

Today’s Affirmation: Forgiveness starts with me; I choose to release my righteousness now.

Today's Spiritual Contemplation: Forgiveness is the simple choice to selfishly release any dark feelings because joy feels a whole lot better.

Light Mail is put out by Rev. Dale Jukes of the Okanagan Centre For Spiritual Living.