More Than A Drop ~

smiles form the channel

 of a future tear

Lord Byron

 the dew of compassion

 is a tear

Lord Byron

 the dew was heavy

this morning

the Lord's mercies

are new every morning
His compassion never fails

*  *  *

"Compassion is sometimes

the fatal capacity for feeling what

it is like to live inside somebody else's skin.

It is the knowledge that there can never really be

any peace and joy for me until there is 

peace and joy

 finally for you too."

Frederick Buechner

*  *  *

The Embrace of Grace ~

"Like any other gift,

the gift of grace

 can be yours only if

 you'll reach out and take it.

Maybe being able to reach out 

 and take it is a gift too."

Frederick Buechner

*  *  * 

"grace be unto you"

Philippians

Seeing The New ~

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"If you think you're seeing

 the same show all over again

 seven times a week, you're crazy.

 Every morning you wake up to something

 that in all eternity never was before

 and never will be again.

 And the you that wakes up was

 never the same before

 and will never be

 the same again either."

 Frederick Buechner

*  *  *

"But life is worthwhile, and

 living it well and honorably is worthwhile. "

Glynn Young

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 A most blessed

and

Happy New Year

Choose Wisely ~

"The life I touch for good or ill

 will touch another life,

 and in turn another,

 until who knows where the trembling stops

 or in what far place my touch will be felt."

 Frederick Buechner

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an act of kindness
can have far-reaching effects