Grace
It is time, I think,
to stop being aimless -
while continuing to strive for
purpose
and
to pay attention
to the moments of
Daily Grace.
To reach for Grace.
To savor those
Grace Moments.
Visit my new site
Daily Awareness
reaching for
Posted by hopeseguin on August 28, 2012
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Word of the Day
enlightenment
en·light·en·ment
[en-lahyt-n-muhnt]
noun
1. the act of enlightening.
2. the state of being enlightened: to live in spiritual enlightenment.
3. ( usually initial capital letter ) Buddhism, Hinduism . Prajna.
4. the Enlightenment, a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
Posted by hopeseguin on August 28, 2012
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storms never last
Dottsy Brodt Dwyer (born April 6, 1953) is an American country music singer. Between 1975 and 1981, she recorded as Dottsy for the RCA Records label. During that timespan, she charted thirteen cuts on the Hot Country Songs charts, including the Top Ten “(After Sweet Memories) Play Born to Lose Again.” Four of her other songs reached Top 20 on the same chart.
source: Wikipedia
Posted by hopeseguin on August 28, 2012
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every day at least
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Posted by hopeseguin on August 28, 2012
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unlimited opportunities
The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited. – Neil Armstrong
Posted by hopeseguin on August 27, 2012
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history does matter
. . . But history does matter. There is a line connecting the Armenians and the Jews and the Cambodians and the Serbs and the Rwandans. There are obviously more, but really how much genocide can one sentence handle? You get the point.
- excerpt from Chris Bohjalian’s novel The Sandcastle Girls
Posted by hopeseguin on August 27, 2012
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there is no substitute
There’s no substitute for the love of language, for the beauty of an English sentence. There’s no substitute for struggling, if a struggle is needed, to make an English sentence as beautiful as it should be. – Harper Lee
Posted by hopeseguin on August 27, 2012
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May I live this day . . .
MATINS by John O’Donohue
May I live this day
Compassionate of heart,
Clear in word,
Gracious in awareness,
Courageous in thought,
Generous in love.
Posted by hopeseguin on August 27, 2012
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Devil Woman
No artist in the history of country music has had a more stylistically diverse career than Marty Robbins. Never content to remain just a country singer, Robbins performed successfully in a dazzling array of styles during more than 30 years in the business. To his credit, Robbins rarely followed trends but often took off in directions that stunned both his peers and fans. Plainly Robbins was not hemmed in by anyone’s definition of country music. Although his earliest recordings were unremarkable weepers, by the mid-’50s Robbins was making forays into rock music, adding fiddles to the works of Chuck Berry and Little Richard.
Source: CMT
Posted by hopeseguin on August 26, 2012
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after the show
Posted by hopeseguin on August 26, 2012
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ladies
Posted by hopeseguin on August 26, 2012
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criticism
Criticism was always the shortest kid in the class. He learned early to use words to defend himself. As a teenager, Criticism loved to take things apart. At that time he didn’t care if they ever got put back together. He retains a strong curiosity about how things work and a deep respect for tools. Criticism is a strict father. He adores his children, but he fears their spontaneity.
Sometimes I want to write Criticism a letter and tell him to leave me alone. The problem is that when I don’t see him for a while, I start to miss him. Still, my conversations with him often make me nervous. I usually believe the bad things he says and forget about the good stuff. When we really disagree, I am upset for days and run around asking everyone I meet to reassure me. If I could trust him more, it would be different, but he changes his mind as much as I do. For all his sensitivity, it was years before he realized that other people also have feelings.
- J. Ruth Gendler, The Book of Qualities
Posted by hopeseguin on August 25, 2012
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