wednesday, October 25, 2023 Quote of the week

“You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wished you had back.”

Mitch Albom

When death separates from those we’ve loved, I’m quite certain we have all wished for just one more day. One more hug, one more kiss, one more laugh, one more anything…just one more. No matter how many days we are granted, there will never be enough. However, instead of mourning for the days we didn’t get, let’s use our loss as a springboard for today. Transfer the unresolved, grief-stricken energy into action for now.

How often do we procrastinate even our most sincere intentions? “I really need to send a card to my friend, just to let him know I am thinking of him.” Ah, I get to the card shop later this week. “My sister was just awarded a promotion; I should text her and invite her out for happy hour to celebrate!” Oh, I know she is probably too busy, and I have a deadline at work anyway; I’ll reach out next week. We need to get together is not making a plan to do so. I’ll get to it. I’ll get to it. I’ll get to it. And we seldom do.

In the classic novel, The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway wrote a most monumental line: “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is.” There are still those in your life who love you. There are countless opportunities to give back to those who have so little. The world and the people in it need you and want to continue along this journey with you. Mail the card, and send the text. Better yet, make an old-fashioned phone call!

The Dalai Lama quotes that, ”there is no guarantee that tomorrow at this time we will be here.” Likewise, there is no promise that your friend, your sister, or whomever will be here either. Today is that day…today IS that one more day.

wednesday, October 11, 2023 Quote of the week

“Good food depends almost entirely on good ingredients.”

Alice Waters

With the onset of autumn, a new season of cooking and baking blossoms. Exit the burgers and brats on the grill and cool veggie salads; enter the crockpot stews and savory soups filling our bellies on crisp nights. The aroma of pumpkin spice bread and buttery yeast rolls wafts throughout the house.

I dragged my crockpot out from the basement this week and made a beef stew. I purchased a choice cut from my butcher shop and added fresh onions and tomatoes from the produce shop on Main Street. I seasoned it with salt I brought back from the salt mines in Peru and black pepper from the Spicery in Kimmswick. An organic mushroom base was poured liberally over the top of the much anticipated meal to give the stew a rich and creamy gravy.

When I made my first, but certainly not last, pumpkin bread of the season, I used real vanilla, organic pumpkin, and fresh eggs from the Farmers’ Market. Quality ingredients poured into my dishes are important, for the quality I put into them, the tastier and healthier they will be.

Besides making you all want to dash to the kitchen now, think of the “ingredients” you use that fill your body, mind, and spirit. Especially after a great loss, I feel it is essential to be aware of what you eat, read, watch, and experience.

I have been watching documentaries lately instead of a movie or a show. Prime is showing a program called HEAL. I also viewed another called The Secret. Although I read the latter's book, there were a few big Ah-Ha moments that restored my faith and hope. After watching, I slept eleven hours one night and eight the next.

Since the revelation of input affects output, I have been more cognizant of what I do when I wake and what I do before I go to bed. I have coffee with the Creator in the morning, maybe followed by a quick walk with Phoebe before work. I end my day reading Psalms at bedtime. We spend money and time on all other demands of our life, so why not for just you?

You are worth more than any stew or bread, so honor your greatness, your holiness within you.

wednesday, October 4, 2023 Quote of the week

“You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”

Zig Ziglar

Grief takes us on quite a tumultuous journey. I promise you there will come a time in your recovery that you rediscover the person God designed you to become. Although our departed loved ones saturated our lives with happiness, we still harbor the joy that was in our hearts and behind God’s intention when He created us.

Ephesians chapter 1 verse 2 declares that “even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us.” We were intended and whole before, and we will once again discover our completeness in Christ. How remarkable! As we process through our losses, we have still so much to do. Through my faith, I know I will be reunited with all those awaiting me on the other side.

The poem by Bill Cross illustrates beautifully our intended purpose for greatness:

“There Is Greatness Within You”

Bill Cross

Throughout your life, always pursue sensitivity and kindness as your chosen way.

A sense of humor is wonderful; hold on to yours.

Being able to laugh at the world will see you through many hard times.

Guard against bitterness and sarcasm; they can destroy you.

Be yourself; the world will benefit from your talent.

Search for people who love and appreciate you for who you are and

who encourage you to improve.

Don’t be satisfied with less than all you can be, for you have greatness within you.

Grief will continue to wane and wax, but never let go of your God-given purpose.

Storylight A transformational journey SHARON M WIBLE

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