All things beautiful

segunda-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2011

sexta-feira, 4 de fevereiro de 2011

Love is like a mustard seed;
planted by God
and watered by men

- Muda Saint Michael -

quinta-feira, 3 de fevereiro de 2011

quarta-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2011

segunda-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2011

Roses

If a rose were called something else it would make no difference to how it smells.

The Amen! of Nature is always a flower.

Oliver Wendall Holmes

Kitsykat

Kitsykat keeping warm under the patchwork comforter.

Here's a dozen of my favorite things never to apologize for:

1) Never apologize for acting on your instincts.
2) Never apologize for being passionate.
3) Never apologize for being smart.
4) Never apologize for demanding respect.
5) Never apologize for saying no.
6) Never apologize for not embracing someone else's agenda.
7) Never apologize for disagreeing.
8) Never apologize for your faith.
9) Never apologize for your own sense of creativity.
10) Never apologize for ordering dessert.
11) Never apologize for being funny.
12) Never apologize for living your truth.

Every one of us casts a shadow.

There hangs about us, a sort of a strange, indefinable something, which we call personal influence--that has its effect on every other life on which it falls. It goes with us wherever we go. It is not something we can have when we want to have it--and then lay aside when we will, as we lay aside a garment. It is something that always pours out from our lives . . . as light from a lamp, as heat from flame, as perfume from a flower.

The ministry of personal influence is something very wonderful. Without being conscious of it, we are always impressing others by this strange power that exudes from us. Others watch us--and their thinking and actions are modified by our influence."

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Ephesians 5:15-16

~J. R. Miller, "The Shadows We Cast"