Tuesday, September 25, 2007

F O L



FLOWER OF LIFE
A Poem by Eileen Finch Cain
Feel the goodness in all forms of life
Love all things; let go of strife
Open your petals; let love flow in
Widen the gap; let love grow within
Erase the scars of the past
Rest in the assurance that only love lasts

Own your self-worth in spite of what others may say
Find again the peace in your day

Live your potential; let the world know
Into yourself let a new energy flow
Find out you have so much to give
Embrace love; laugh and life

Sunday, September 23, 2007

RUN

"Run, Run as Fast as you CAN!
You can't catch me ... I'm the Gingerbread man."

What are you running from? What are you running toward?
One day you will have to stop running...Then what will you do?
One can run from something physical,
or from their emotional and soul issues.
Name one thing you are running from. Could it be yourself, your fears?
You can run, but you can't hide.

So back from the "mental" break as may be said...i'm wanting to jump, and run away from home...it's not like life is so bad but life just seems to suck...a recent events in the hometown news just made me sick to think of how innocence of a child…how did “under the bed” and “in the closet” MONSTERS got out into the real world? If not having the chance to have a child and then having one who suffers from no fault of her own. I’m torn between crying and rage.

I don’t want to feel this way… I HATE THE FEELING....mostly

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Fishy Story

"Religion is a guy in church thinking about fishing.
Spirituality is a guy fishing and thinking about God in relation to all His glory."

My dad loved to fish...even when i was 6 i could bait a hook with the juices earth worm and take a rainbow trout off the hook...it wasn't my passion as it was with my father and his father...

Both have since left this world and i snuck into the tackle boxes and have about 10 of my favorite flies either one of them had created…

i can remember watching each one tieing a fly and i would ask why that color of string and so on (pesty youngest at heart still)...the best fly...it was one my dad did for me in the colors i chose not what the fish would like...

The one major thing i learned from my parents and their parents...life is God...everything living and breathing, nature -- can all sing a song of majesty to the one creator....

Monday, September 10, 2007

Thank You

la reconnaissance est la memorie du coeur
gratitude is the memory of the heart - Jean Baptiste Massieu

Well, as a person who was taught that you must send thank you notes when someone does something for you or gives you something. As a kid, that was usually only grandma & grandpa. I always got something for my birthday & Christmas. And mom was the one who made all of us write thank you’s. As a grown up, I thought wedding presents were as much as I can do. I’m not a “card” remembering person…except for my husband but that’s a whole other reasons. But I’m home, bored and I guess it is polite to send a thank you note.

Where? Hmmm I recently had major surgery and I received flowers from my husband’s work. Now I know they are from the office manager who signed the owner’s name but then I also know she’ll enjoy the brownies I sent with the card!

So to refresh me etiquette, I googled the “proper” way to write a thank you note and came to these few suggestions.

  • Greet the Giver
  • Express Your Gratitude
  • Discuss the use of whatever
  • Mention the past, allude to the future
  • Grace
  • Regards

What’s Not There

Any news about your life. This isn’t the time to brag about your new job, a hot girlfriend, or number of surgeries. The thank-you is exclusively about thanking somebody for their kindness. While you may want more than anything to show them once and for all you amounted to something, this is not the forum. Save that for your annual Christmas letter.

Dear Mr. Basore & the Scott Rice Family,

I would love to thank you for the wonderful flowers. Roses are always a favorite and the colorful arrangement was a very nice & warm surprise. Brent and I continue to be grateful for your kindness over the years.

Thank you very much!
Dora Cooper

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Prayer


Hmmmm

Defined as: “the act of communicating with a deity”; “a fixed text used in praying”; “reverent petition to a deity”; “someone who prays to God”; “earnest or urgent request”

Deity is such the politically correct term these days…but for me it is God, the almighty, the biblical God of Abraham. Along with that comes the trinity: God the Father, God the Son & God the holy spirit…all three are one.

So back to the topic: PRAYER

Is every hope/wish we as humans think considered praying? Does prayer have to be formal? Do you pray for others to hear or is it part of your heart/soul pouring out a loud? And for me: Does God still answer prayers? Today: war, crime, evil things this world has on the 6 o’clock news?
How does He decided what is truly in our/individual best interest? What is His purpose?

PRAYER: to me, a simple light of hope that someone much greater than me, one who created me, understands my true heart/soul. Distinguishing between my wants and needs for my life here on this planet…asking is the easy part, listening for the response is patience.