Effort ~

 some things

are difficult

 to wrap yourself

around

 but hang in there

it is usually

worth the effort

and it may even

turn out to be fun

*  *  *

"How long should you try?

Until."

Jim Rohn

Provision ~

"If your heart is straight with God,

 then every creature will be to you

 a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine.

 No creature is so little or so mean

 as not to show forth and represent

 the goodness of God."

Thomas A’Kempis

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Taking Wing ~

"Use what talents you possess:

the woods would be very silent if

no birds sang there except those that sang best."

Henry Van Dyke

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A Winter Song ~

magic:

when the winter sun

dances with the shadows

and silence sings

*  *  *

magic: a quality that makes something

 seem removed from everyday life,

 esp. in a way that gives delight

definition from

New Oxford American Dictionary

 

OOPS! ~

It's akin to

getting caught with

your hand in the cookie jar!

*  *  *

Curiosity often leads to trouble.

 Alice in Wonderland

Iced ~

"In all things of nature

 there is something of the marvelous."

 Aristotle

*  *  *

A Bit Of Advice ~

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Never laugh at live dragons.

Tolkien

*  *  *

she was neither frightened nor hurt

just caught by the camera in

 the middle of a yawn and a stretch

*  *  *

a gentle reminder that things

 aren't always as

 they appear

*  *  *

Heartfelt ~

And this I pray:
 that your love may abound
 yet more and more
 and extend to its fullest development
 in knowledge
 and all keen insight
Philippians 1:9a
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be of love
a little more careful
than of anything
e.e. cummings

A Beginning ~

“Lent is the time for trimming the soul

 and scrapping the sludge off a life turned slipshod.

 Lent is about taking stock of time, even religious time.

 Lent is about exercising the control that

 enables us to say no to ourselves 

so that when life turns hard of its own accord

 we have the stamina to yes

 to its twists and turns with faith and hope

Lent is the time to make new efforts

 to be what we say

 we want to be.”

The Rule of Benedict: Insight for the Ages

Sister Joan Chittister

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Ash Wednesday

the beginning of the journey

 

 

Silence Fell ~

"Go to the winter woods:

 listen there, look, watch,

 and

 'the dead months'

 will give you a subtler secret

 than any you have yet found

 in the forest.”

Fiona Macleod

& * &

Fifteen inches of new snow

almost cover the

wheels leaning against

the tree trunks.

It's a wonder through the windows.

Under Construction ~

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Faith is permitting ourselves

to be seized by the things we do not see.

Martin Luther

A Gentle Covering ~

Advice is like snow;

 the softer it falls,

 the longer it dwells upon,

 and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Do not let any unwholesome talk

 come out of your mouths,

 but only what is helpful for

 building others up

 according to their needs,

 that it may benefit those who listen.

Ephesians 4:29

 

An Art ~

But the LORD is in his holy temple:

 let all the earth keep silence before him.

Habakkuk 2:20

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