Inspirational thoughts
Getting older
We turn not older with years but newer every day. Emily Dickinson
Selflessness..
“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”Jane Austen
Lead by example…let the beauty of your selflessness, “inspire and challenge” those around you!
Just being there…
“Saying nothing sometimes says the most.” Emily Dickinson Sometimes, a friend just needs you to be there for them, no words are necessary.
Never losing hope…
“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”
― Alfred Tennyson
Keep trying…
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”
—John Steinbeck
Above all…
Above all, don’t lie to yourself.
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Beautiful gift…
Waiting and hoping
“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, ‘Wait and Hope.'”
—Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
A “virgin” birth that Our Blessed Mother had to explain to Joseph, a difficult donkey ride from Nazareth to Bethlehem only to discover there was no room at the Inn, settling for a cave with a few animals and patiently waiting for the birth of Jesus…so much hidden pain, yet so much intense joy! Advent is all about waiting and hoping…
Acceptance of God’s plan
“In all things let us not forget to repeat with the Lord Jesus: “Not my will but Thine be done.” St. Maximilian Kolbe
Are you “all in, all the time, for Jesus?” Only then will you discover the deep peace and fulfillment that comes from fully surrendering yourself to God’s loving plan.”