A Day Of Loveliness ~

there are days

that feel as though your

 head is in the clouds

even though your feet remain

firmly planted on

 the ground

*  *  *

"Spread love everywhere you go:

 first of all, in your own house.

 Give love to your children,

 to your wife or husband,

 to a next door neighbor.

 Let no one ever come to you

 without leaving better or happier.

 Be the living expression of God's kindness."

Mother Teresa

The Touch Of Christmas ~

"I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it."

Nat King Cole

*  *  *

"Have a heart that never hardens,

and a temper that never tires,

and a touch that never hurts."

Charles Dickens

*  *  *

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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

*  *  *

an act of kindness
can have far-reaching effects

A Bearer of Light ~

"But I also say this:

 that light is an invitation to happiness,

 and that happiness, when it's done right,

 is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive."

 Mary Oliver

*  *  *
Jesus said,
"I am the Light of the world"
John 8:12
*  *  *
whatever it is that you
 celebrate today be it
Halloween,
 All Saints' Day,
 Reformation Day,
or others I am not aware of,
 please know you can bring light
 into someone's world with
 an act of kindness as
simple as a smile

 

 

Pouring Out ~

"How beautiful a day can be,

 when kindness touches it!"

 George Elliston

*  *  *

share a cup of kindness

as you go about your day

 

The Imaginary Voyage ~

I imagine

my grandmother

at the age of 3

sailing from Sweden

to another world across the sea

I've no way

of knowing whether

she actually sipped tea from

this delicate cup with the spring violets

 

I do know she loved beauty

practiced hospitality

and lived kindly

*  *  *

 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:

 for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Hebrews 13:2 

 

Well-lit ~

 

Open your heart to all these blessings

 and let them flow through you,

 then everyone you meet on this day

 will be blessed by you,

 just by your eyes,

 by your smile,

 by your touch,

 just by your presence.

Brother David Steindl-Rast

*  *  * 

your smile

will bless someone's day

*  *  *

thank you

for blessing mine

with your presence here

Linked ~

tenderness and kindness

are not signs of weakness and despair

but manifestations

 of

 strength and resolution

Kahlil Gibran

 *  *  *

Fully Alive ~

begonia

~ ~ ~

"Count no day lost

in

which

you waited your turn,

took only your share

and

sought advantage

over

no one."

Robert Brault

Kindness Leads ~

hiding

hiding

hiding

until

the

kindness

of God

led me to change

free at last

~ ~ ~

God is kind, but he's not soft.

In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand

and

leads us into a radical life-change.

Romans ~ TMB

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The poem that led to these photos can be found on 

Joanne's blog
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