Dream Control

"Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes.
Because for those who love with heart and soul,
there is no such thing as separation!" 

~ Rumi

Helena Steiner-Hornsteyn

I get an occasional newsletter from Helena Steiner-Hornsteyn. I spoke with her once a few years back and found the experience beyond merely beneficial. It was one of those WOW moments.

So, I got one of her newsletters today and found these two statements, in particular, to be good reminders.

You know, how it goes... you KNOW something to be true. So true that it almost seems cliche or trite, yet you can read it or hear it phrased a little differently or at just the right time and it seems downright profound.

If you start your day with bad thoughts or anger, this is the way the rest of the day most likely is going to be. But if you take that extra minute to feel grateful for what you already have and give thanks for all the good things you would like to come your way during the new day, you are making way for a good day -even a very good day ahead of you. 

It is very important to be grateful for our present blessings before we send new requests to the Universe for more. Remember not only the love and comfort you have experienced in your life, but also those little things we so easily take for granted: walking, talking, hearing and seeing through our own eyes what is going on in our world. 

The Sun is Shining

A very emotional performance by JJ Grey of Mofro.



How many more days can you hold out
How much longer can you wait she asked
There was a time I thought I, I could answer
But my tongue gets tied as my thoughts drift away

Glory, Glory – Hallelujah
The sun is shining, shining down
Glory, Glory – Hallelujah
I'm alive and I'm feeling, feeling fine

All those simple thoughts all those peaceful dreams
Share the space with a hard worked, hard worked day
But it's the little things, the little things not expectation
That make life worth living, worth living
Glory, Glory – Hallelujah
The sun is shining, shining down
Glory, Glory – Hallelujah
And the world Lord, world is fine
Glory, Glory – Hallelujah
The sun is shining, shining down
Glory, Glory – Hallelujah
I'm alive and I'm feeling Lord, feeling, feeling, feeling fine

Here's a short quote from Grantley Morris. I really enjoy reading at this site. this was the quote for today. It really struck a nerve. Though, sometimes, as odd as it may seem, there isn't a lot of choices in this regard but it's true and worth posting.


Grantley Morris
 
To suppress grief is suppressing not just part of
our humanity but a part of us that is in the
image of God. Rocks and robots don't cry. Jesus
did. The one in whom "all the fullness of the
Deity lives in bodily form" (Colossians 2:9) wept -- often.
 
Taken from
www.net-burst.net/hope/christian_grief.htm : "Real Christians Grieve"
 
© Copyright, Grantley Morris. May be freely
copied PROVIDED the link and this copyright notice is included.

Anniversary

When hubby and I got married, we ended up with two anniversaries.

We got married in a civil ceremony on Friday February 13 and then had a celebration the next day, Valentine's Day, which included a short ceremony called "The Blessing of a Civil Union"

We were together for almost 18 years and would have been married 15 years today. I sure do miss him.

 

Bless his heart. His hands were always cut or scratched or banged up from hard work. I loved those hands. He wasn't the tallest or biggest man around, that's for sure, but those hands were big and strong, nonetheless. Hard working hands, that I appreciated so much.

He loved this song. We used to dance to it sometimes while we were dating and he would play it on the guitar for me.



Song of Solomon 8:6

Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD.

Caught by our own thoughts,
we worry about everything,
But once we get drunk on love,
Whatever will be, will be.

~Rumi

Dreams Do Come True

Someday...




And what a wonderful day that will be.

Love Spoke of Love

I looked into her eyes.
I saw a fragile heart
Inside this brown eyed girl
With the pretty smile.
But the pretty smile waited...
The pretty smile hesitated...
A question had been asked.
I answered with the simple truth...
Brown eyed girl...
With the fragile heart...
I love...
You.
What kind of love is this?
Only you and I can tell.

- Love