"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, Life is like a broken-winged bird
that cannot fly."
Langston Hughes.
IT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE...
At the sound of the toll of the midnight bell
a brand new year will begin.
Let's raise our hopes in a confidant toast,
to the promise it ushers in.
May your battles be few, your pleasures many,
your wishes and dreams fulfilled.
May your confidence stand in the face of loss
and give you the strength to rebuild.
May peace of heart fill all your days
May serenity grace your soul.
May tranquil moments bless your life
and keep your spirit whole.
"...accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days
you're the statue." This is true for everyone!
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain
to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit
alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much
bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to
appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough hellos to get you
through the final good-bye.
DESIDERATA:
Go placidly amid the noise and haste
and remember what peace there may be in silence.>As far as possible without
surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the
dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others you may become vain or bitter, for
always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession
in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of
trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is.
Many persons strive for high ideals
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disappointment it is as perennial as
the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars.
You have a right to be here.
And whether it is clear to you or not,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive him to be,
and whatever your labours and aspirations in the noisy confusion of
life, keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham and drudgery and broken dreams it is still a
beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
(--copied--)
The Wisdom of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) (Wise beyond his years; he died
at the age of 45.)
Selected Quotes:
"...I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."
"...The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted;
but few are the ears that hear it"
"...I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment while I was
hoeing in a village garden, and I felt I was more distinguished by that
circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn."
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be
> discouraged,
> > for the LORD your
God will be with you wherever you go." -Joshua 1:9
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even
touched. They must be felt within the heart.--Helen Keller
"Cripple him, and you have a Sir Walter Scott. Lock him in a prison cell, and
you have a John Bunyan. Bury him in the snows of Valley Forge, and you have a
George Washington. Raise him in abject poverty and you have an Abraham Lincoln.
Strike him down with infantile paralysis, and he becomes Franklin Roosevelt.
Burn him so severely that the doctors say he'll never walk again and you have a
Glenn Cunningham who set the world's one mile record in 1934. Deafen him and you
have a Ludwig van Beethoven. Call him a slow learner, "retarded" and write him
off as uneducable, and you have an Albert Einstein. As one man summed it up:
Life is about 20% in what happens to us and 80% in the way we respond to the
events.
(...by Ted Engstrom)
"The best six doctors anywhere
and no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air,
exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
if you are willing --
Your mind they'll ease,
your will they'll mend
And charge you not a thing!"
(...Wayne Fields, Author)
"Why Make Yourself Crazy?" by G.G. McTigue.
Stress Relief Tip #5: Get more out of life by doing less.
What a concept! Is your life fulfilling? Or is it merely crammed? Know the
difference and you'll realize it's not the quantity of activities you engage in
(or possessions that you collect) that ultimately determine your happiness.
One naturally unfolding, enriching experience can easily surpass many rushed
and distracted ones. But you may be so chronically overscheduled, you never give
yourself a chance to enjoy anything to the fullest. Experiment.
Choose an occasion and give it your complete, mindful, and unhurried
attention. Then imagine an entire life of such enrichment. It's absolutely
attainable.
An Indian Prayer
Oh, great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds
And whose breath gives life to everyone,
Here me,
I come to you as one of your children.
I am weak..., I am small..., I need your wisdom
And your strength.
Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes ever
Behold the red and purple sunsets.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
And make my ears sharp so I may hear your voice.
Make me wise, so that I may understand
What you have taught my people and
The lessons you have hidden in each leaf
And in each rock.
I ask for wisdom and strength,
Not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able
To fight my greatest enemy, myself.
Make me ever ready to come before you with
Clean hands and straight eye.
So as life fades away as a fading sunset,
My spirit may come to you without shame.
Jo Ann wrote: So, I live the best I can today, so if it is my
last, I did it the best way I could. I follow my Dr's advise, keep up on the
new things and plan for tomorrow, but live today.
"Today is a good day to die... Brave hearts to the front.. cowards to the
rear.. "
{Crazy Horse}
If you are prepared to die today, really prepared, you can then live life to
its fullest today.
And finally, another inspiring Indian saying,
When I was born I cried and the whole world laughed.
When I die, may the whole world cry while I laugh.
"A good laugh and a long sleep are
the best cures in the doctor's book."
(...Irish Proverb)
"Hugs, pats, backrubs, holding hands -- such small gestures convey a world of
love, put hope and cheer back in our lives, and provide the comfort we need in
times of suffering and pain. Old or young, success or failure, we still need to
feel the touch of love, and if we're feeling unloved, perhaps we need to be on
the lookout for the signs of love from those who aren't able to put their love
into words -- a kindly deed, a friendly phone call, the silent presence of a
neighbor in our grief."
--copied—
"If I had my life to live over, I would relax more. I wouldn't take so many
things so seriously. I would take more chances.
I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I have been one of those
persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot-water bottle, a
raincoat, and a parachute.
Not next time! I'd start barefooted earlier in the spring and stay that way
later in the fall. I wouldn't make such grades unless I enjoyed working for
them. I'd go to more dances. I'd ride on more merry-go-rounds. I'd pick more
daisies..."
--copied—
"God is Present, Whether Summoned or Not"
............CG Jung
"Heal the Inner World, and the Outer World Will Follow"
............Steve Conners
"Love Is Light"
............Eleanor Portner
"When in a situation of extremity, allow the unconscious to surface - and it
will"
............CG Jung
"You're only given a little spark of madness; you mustn't loose it"
...........Robin Williams
"Life is right underneath your fingers. All you have to do is take the time
to play the right notes." ......Ray Charles =20
WISHES FOR OURSELVES & OTHERS:
...I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
...I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
"Today, upon awakening, I suddenly realized that THIS is the best day of my
life, ever! There were times when I wondered if I would make it to today; but I
did! And because I did I'm going to celebrate what an unbelievable life I have
had so far; even the hardships have made me stronger."
(...adapted)
"...and then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more
painful than the risk it took to blossom." (--Anais Nin)
"He that hath two cakes of bread let him sell one of them for some flowers of
the narcissus for bread is food for the body, but narcissus is food for the
soul."
(--Prophet Mohammed)
"Plant on a whim. Lay the footpath where your heart says it should be. Change
things because you feel like it. Garden for the love of it."
(--Lindley Karstens)
"Dance like no one is watching; Sing as if no one is listening; Live as if
there is no tomorrow! Plant that tree even if you'll never live long enough to
sit under it's shade!"
(--copied)
"We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!" (--copied)
Well, life is a one-way trip, and I now characterize aging as "an enhanced
appreciation of diminishing pleasures." --as I get weaker, I get lazier; as my
short term memory disappears, I enjoy reminiscing more...
Best wishes, and love to you all-- Walter
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough,
and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision
for tomorrow."
(--Author Unknown)
"Friends, you and me....you brought another friend and then there were
three...we started our group...our circle of friends...there is no beginning and
there is no end." -- copied
"Be like the bird who halting in his flight on limb
too slight feels it give way beneath him, yet sings
knowing he hath wings..."
(--Victor Hugo)
"And when you get the chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance!" (--LeeAnn
Womack) __
The lessons you have hidden in each leaf And in each rock.
I ask for wisdom and strength,
Not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able To fight my greatest enemy,
myself.
Make me ever ready to come before you with Clean hands and straight eye.
So as life fades away as a fading sunset, My spirit may come to you without
shame.
And I wrote...reminds me of a favorite graffito from the Ladies' Room of the
Ninth Circle Cafe, in Greenwich Village of the 'fifties or 'sixties: "I wish I
were what I was when I wanted to be what I am".
" Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from
the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
(--Mark Twain)
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you
really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you
cannot do."
(--Eleanor Roosevelt)
"Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your
frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with
what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do."
(--Pope John XXIII)
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."
--Kathleen Theisen.
"The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones..."
--copied
"Do or do not. There is no try."
--Yoda.
"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight -- it's the
size of the fight in the dog."
(--Dwight D. Eisenhower)
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...
but while we are here we might as well dance!"
(--Author Unknown)
"Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to
compete in the marathon of life. With- in each of us is a hidden store of
courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge. Within each of
us is a hidden store of determination; determination to keep us in the race when
all seems lost."
(--Roger Dawson)
"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do,
something to love, and something to hope for."
(--Joseph Addison 1672-1719; special thanks to Peg Narron for this quote.)
"Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move
your feet."
"I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else
exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine, because I alone chose it
I own everything about me: my body, my feelings,
my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they
be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my
dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs
and successes, all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me, I can become intimately
acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me
and be friendly with all my parts. I know there
are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other
aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am
friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously
and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles
and ways to find out more about me. However I
look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever
I think and feel at a given moment in time is
authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked,
sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can
discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and
invent something new for that which I discarded.
I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the
tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive,
and to make sense and order out of the world of
people and things outside of me. I own me, and
therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am okay."
(--Virginia Satir)
"Every day is a fresh beginning, listen my soul to the glad refrain and, in
spite of old sorrows, and old problems, troubles fore- casted, and possible
pain, take heart with the day and begin again."
(--Susan Coolidge)
"I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having
from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them,
to be understood and touched by them. The greatest
gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and to touch
another person."
(--Virginia Satir)
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can
be the source of your joy."
(--T.N.Hanh)
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it
cuts a channel in which all other thoughts are drained."
(--A.S.Roche)
"The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take
the turn."
(--anon.quote)
"If I had my life to live over, I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd
relax; I'd limber up. I'd be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take
fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains
and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual
troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of those people who lived sensibly and sanely hour after
hour, day after day.
Oh, I had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have more of
them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after the
other,=20 instead of living so many years ahead of each day.
I've been one of those persons who never goes any- where without a
thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute. If I had it to do
over again I would travel lighter than I have. If I had my life to live over
again, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in
the fall. I would go to more dances; I would ride more merry- go-rounds; I would
pick more daisies."
(--copied)
"How do I know my youth is all spent
Well, my get up & go has got up & went.
But in spite of it all, I'm able to grin, When I think where my get up & go
has been.
Old age is golden so I've heard it said
But sometimes, I wonder when I get into bed, With my ears in a drawer, my
teeth in a cup I realize that I'm not still a pup.
Ere sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself
Is there anything else to be put on the shelf?
And I'm happy to say as I close the door My friends are the same way, perhaps
even more.
When I was young, my slippers were red.
I could kick my heels right over my head.
And when I grew older my slippers were blue But still I could dance the whole
night through.
Now I am old, my slippers are black
I walk to the store and puff my way back The reason I know my life is near
spent My get up and go has got up and went But really I don't mind and I think
with a grin Of all the grand places my get up has been.
Since I have retired from life competition I busy myself with complete
repetition-- I get up each morning, and I dust off my wits, Pick up my paper and
read the o'bits-- If my name is missing, I know I'm not dead, So I eat a good
breakfast, and go back to bed."
(--Author Unknown)
BY LANCE ARMSTRONG:
"I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe
in the face of
utter hopelessness, every article of evidence to the contrary, to ignore
apparent catastrophe-what other choice was there? We do it every day, I
realized. We are so much stronger than we imagine, and belief is one of the
most valiant and long-lived human characteristics. To believe, when all along we
humans know that nothing can cure the briefness of this life, that there is no
remedy for our basic mortality,
that is a form of bravery." "To continue believing in yourself,
believing in the doctors, believing in the treatment, believing in whatever I chose to believe in, that was the most important thing, I decided. It had
to be."
"Without belief, we would be left with nothing but an overwhelming doom,
every single day. And it will beat you. I didn't fully see, until the cancer,
how we fight every day against the creeping negatives of the world, how we
struggle daily against the slow lapping of cynicism. Dispiritedness and
disappointment, these are the real perils of life, not some sudden illness
or cataclysmic millennium doomsday. I knew now why people fear cancer: because
it is a slow and inevitable death, it is the very definition of cynicism and loss of spirit... So, I believed."
"Tension is who you think you should be.
Relaxation is who you are..."
(--Chinese Proverb)
"If you want to build a ship, don't herd people
together to collect wood and don't assign them
tasks and work, but rather teach them to long
for the endless immensity of the sea."
(--Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
"Remember days when dreams were like the sea,
never ending and sure to be?
You saw them with your heart so pure
and knew they surely would endure.
When did you cast them back into the sea?
Did you think that they would simply never be?
Just like the sea, your dream is still there...
waiting like a seashell to be picked up."
(--adapted from Misty Taggert)
Courage is what happens when your desire to make positive
progress is greater than your fear of a negative setback.
Courage is what happens when you look at those fears, listen
to them, learn from them, use them to prepare, and then move
boldly forward.
Courage is how problems are turned into opportunities.
Courage is why some people are able to move the situation
forward though there seems to be no hope.
Courage is when you do what you know is right, even if it is
the more difficult and unpopular choice. Courage is
something that builds new strength each time it is
exercised.
Courage is not something that you must obtain or struggle to
develop. Courage is a choice that can be yours the moment
you decide to use it.
When the goal is worthy and filled with meaning, the courage
to reach it will be there. When your sense of purpose is
strong and clear, your courage will be too.
Courage is indeed a powerful way to live. And you can choose
it every time.
(--Ralph Marston)
Lessons from the Geese, written by Angeles Arrien...
This Fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter flying along in
"V" formation, you might consider what science has discovered as to why they
fly that way.
FACT: As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an "uplift" for the bird
immediately following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock has at
least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on it's own.
LESSON: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get
where they are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on
the thrust of one another.
FACT: When a goose flies out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and
resistance of trying to go it alone. It quickly gets back into formation to
take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front of it.
LESSON: If we have as much common sense as a goose, we stay in formation
with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help
and give our help to others. It is harder to do something alone than
together.
FACT: When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation,
and another goose flies to the point position.
LESSON: It is sensible to take turns doing the hard and demanding tasks
and sharing leadership. As with geese, people are interdependent of each
others skills, capabilities, and unique arrangements of gifts, talents, or
resources.
FACT: The geese flying in formation honk from behind to encourage those up
front to keep up their speed.
LESSON: We need to make sure our honking is encouraging. In groups where
there is encouragement, the production is much greater. The power of
encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the
heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek. We need to
make sure our honking is encouraging and not discouraging.
FACT: When a goose gets sick, wounded, or shot down, two other geese will
drop out of formation with that goose and follow it down to lend help and
protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it dies or is able to fly
again. Then, they launch out on their own, or with another formation to
catch up with their flock.
LESSON: If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by our colleagues
and each other in difficult times as well as in good!
Let each of us creat uplift for each other.
"Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in."
(~Leonard Cohen)
"You gain strength, courage, & confidence by every experience in which you
really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived
through this; I can take the next thing that comes along.'...You must do the
thing you think you cannot do."
(--Eleanor Roosevelt)
"In every life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.
It is then burst into flame by an encounter with
another human being. We should all be thankful
for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
(--Albert Schweitzer)
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes it's the
quiet voice at the end of the day saying "I will try
again tomorrow."
(--Mary Ann Radmacher)
When you are feeling despair, it can often be helpful to look back on
your life and find a moment when you also felt that way, but then,
through time, you were able to see that even this dark period had its
purpose and led you to something good, or even better. Robert Tollen, MPD
"Later never exists."
_"Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent."
(--Jean Kerr)
"Though no one can go back and make a new beginning, anyone can start from
now and make a brand new end."=20
(-- Carl Brand)
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man
healthy, wealthy, and wise."
(--Benjamin Franklin)
"To be successful, be it in the physical, emotional, spiritual, or mental
realm, just change one thing in your daily routine; in reverse, this is also the
key to failure."
(--Unknown)
"Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling
prophecy."
(--Brian Tracey)
"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so
great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of
something better tomorrow!"
Orison Marden
"Instinct is a
powerful form of natural energy, perhaps comparable in humans to electricity or
even atomic energy in the mechanical world."
- Margaret A. Ribble
Subject: One down, three to go!
This is going to be a fun World Series, my cousin lives in Houston, so I
called
her tonight and asked her to send me an Astro's shirt to use to mop the
floor!
"The tragedy of life is not in the fact of death, but
in what you allow to die inside of you while you live."
(--Norman Cousins)
__"We must let go of the life we planned in
order to accept the life that is waiting for us."
(--Author Unknown)
_
"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him,
for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will
be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I
satisfy him and show him my salvation." Psalm 91:14-16
A DAILY SURVIVAL KIT: (a longer quote but a great reminder!)
TOOTHPICK: to remind you to pick out the good qualities in others.
RUBBER BAND: to remind you to be flexible; things might not always
go the way you want, but it will work out.
BAND AID: to remind you to heal hurt feelings; yours or someone else's.
PENCIL: to remind you to list your blessings every day.
ERASER: to remind you that everyone makes mistakes, and it's okay.
CHEWING GUM: to remind you to stick with it and you can accomplish
anything.
MINT: to remind you that you are worth a mint.
CANDY KISS: to remind you that everyone needs a kiss or a=20
hug everyday.
TEA BAG: to remind you to relax daily and go over your
list of blessings.
Author Unknown
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you till it
seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for
that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
(--Harriet Beecher Stowe)
"This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a
depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows, who
violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest
honorably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight." by-Rumi
"Only when we are no longer afraid
do we begin to live..."
(--Dorothy Thompson)
_
FOR THE NEW YEAR:
"Just for today, I will be happy. I will not dwell on
thoughts that depress me. If my mind fills with clouds,
I will chase them away and fill it with sunshine."
(--Abigail Van Buren)
Dancing With God
When I meditated on the word Guidance,
I kept seeing "dance" at the end of the word.
I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.
When two people try to lead, nothing feels right.
The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite
uncomfortable and jerky.
When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to
flow with the music.
One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing
lightly in one direction or another.
It's as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
The dance takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness from one person and
gentle guidance and skill from the other.
My eyes drew back to the word Guidance.
When I saw "G: I thought of God, followed by "u" and "i".
"God, "u" and "i" dance."
God, you, and I dance.
As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get guidance
about my life.
Once again, I became willing to let God lead.
My prayer for you today is that God's blessings and mercies be upon you on
this day and everyday.
May you abide in God as God abides in you.
Dance together with God, trusting God to lead and to guide you through each
season of your life.
This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached.
If God has done anything for you in your life, please share this message with
someone else, for prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive.
There is no cost but a lots of rewards; so let's continue to pray for one
another.
And I Hope You Dance
"Only when we are no longer afraid
do we begin to live..."
(--Dorothy Thompson)
Success is to be measured not so much by the
position that one has reached in life
as
by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
Booker T. Washington, 1856-1915
"Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed must be interrupted."
(--Jean Paul Richter)
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the live you have imagined...regardless of circumstances thrown your
way."
(--Henry David Thoreau)
"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect =
him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will = answer him;
I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life
will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." Psalm 91:14-16
The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered,
but a general effect of pleasing impression --- Dr. Samuel Johnson
Today Harriet Sienkiewicz passed away peacefully at 10:00 am central time
from pneumonia after her long battle with leukemia. She was surrounded by her
family, Father Frank, and Dr. Bittron, and had the prayer quilt over her that
her sister Delores made, while cello music played in the background. May God
rest her soul.
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