To Lose Heart

Which is the truer message? If we try to hang on to the Romance, what are we to do with our wounds and the awful tragedies of life? How can we keep our heart alive in the face of such deadly arrows? How many losses can a heart take? If we deny the wounds or try to minimize them, we deny a part of our heart and end up living in a shallow optimism that frequently becomes a demand that the world be better then it is. On the other hand, if we embrace the arrows as the final word on life, we despair, which is another way to lose heart. To lose hope has the same effect on our heart as it would be to stop breathing." -The Sacred Romance

Family Time

"This is the South. And we're proud of our crazy people. We don't hide them up in the attic. We bring 'em right down to the living room and show 'em off. See....no one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family. They just ask what side they're on." -Julia Sugarbaker of Designing women.

Spring has sprung!

I have made it through another winter. The cold winds of January, February and March remind me that I am a Florida girl at heart. However, new life is coming. The grass is green once again, the daffodils have shown their beautiful faces, the sky is wonderfully blue and the sun has come out.

Thank God we don't stay in the same season all of our life. Time marches on sometimes marching right over us as we lay in the dust of yesterday. The wind of tomorrow blows softly, I can hear it but am yet to feel it's caress on on my face. Today is where I am so I do my best to be fully present right now. I don't want to miss anything.

Freedom

Freedom is the ability to start and stop.
-Bob Mumford

Who is in charge?

"All the energy that we expend to keep things running right is not what keeps things running right." -Annie Lamont

Oh, To Be Free......

" ...the full liberation of man and his world is still to come."
-Henri Nouwen

Marching into March

I am having a wonderfully normal life. I have not been in the hospital this year. My lungs feel clear. I am able to take a deep breath with no pain, crackles or wheezing. It's amazing how good you feel when you take care of yourself.