We saw bees out on New Year’s Day taking a few more sips.
It was unseasonably warm on New Year’s Day. Below freezing temps are on the way to the Carolina Coast. I hope the bees have a warm place to buzz. That’s how they keep the heat on, by buzzing in place.
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Recovery is possible.
A beautiful life is possible.
The goal is progress not perfection.
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Reverend Patti Mary asked this question in her sermon on Sunday. I thought she was quoting Curtis Almquist since she had referred to his book The Twelve Days of Christmas, Unwrapping the Gifts. The question, “Has gratitude ever kept you awake at night?” was not in his chapter on gratitude, so maybe it was from Almquist, or maybe it was from Patti Mary.
My answer is, gratitude has not kept me awake for long, so I need to count my blessings when worries and questions are doing summersaults in my heat at 2AM.
What I did find in the chapter on gratitude, was Almquist quoting Rilke:
“I would like to beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to live the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms of books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live therm. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Oh, I’ve noticed it living into the answer, I just need to remember to trust the timing.
Live the questions, but don’t let them keep you awake at night.
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This goes with my “Trust the Timing” book title. Let’s apply it to good dreams coming true, answered prayers, and things working out for the best.
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Colin Powell died on Monday, October 18, 2021. He was an American statesman, four-star general, and the first African-American US secretary of state. He served as commander of the US Armed Forces and the US National security advisor. He was born in New York City in 1937 to Jamaican immigrant parents, raised in the Bronx, and went to public schools before joining the army.
A diplomatic moderate, Colin Powell was the only republican that I would have considered voting for as a US president. Anything is possible.
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My local writer’s group was discussing (via email) the topic of life and death. It started with one member sharing that her husband gets a daily motivational email with the subject heading: “You’re going to die.” The idea is to make the most of your life. I would not want to get that particular reminder in my face every day. Here are a couple of alternatives for balance:
Of all the days of our lives, there is only one day we’re going to die.
May you live all the days of your life.
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This came from the Facebook post of my friend and former supervisor.
On an even more sobering note, my friend Wayne who was in ICU, died on Monday. I am still having trouble believing it. He was ten years younger than me. After years of addiction, Wayne worked hard on recovery then went back to school and got his masters degree in psychology. He led by example and from his heart to help countless numbers of people on the journey from addiction to recovery. During his final weeks in ICU, Wayne posted that his health care team was begging him to tell people to get vaccinated. The vaccine might have saved his life. He leaves behind a loving, grieving family and a huge recovery community who will always remember him.
Rest in peace, Wayne. Enjoy those heavenly beaches!
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I found this in “The Rolling English Road” shared by Derrick Knight.
What’s YOUR good news?
What are YOUR fine things?
(Feel free visit me on Tuesdays for more good news!)
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Wikipedia describes Oswald Chambers as a “Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional My Utmost for His Highest, where this quote comes from in the reading for February 25. He often rubs me the wrong way with his stern language. But my small weekly study group likes his devotional, and every now and then, Oswald Chambers offers an interesting surprise. Even someone we don’t agree with much might have something that appeals to us, and we can disagree with even our favorite leaders.
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A smile, a kind word, a silent prayer, picking up a random piece of trash, and even our own self care, are all little bits of good that add up over time.
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Anything is Possible! 