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What Do I Know?

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Trinity College, Dublin

What do I know?  I laughingly say that I am learning that I know very little.  🙂  When I was in my 20’s, I prided myself on being an educated, intelligent person who felt she could figure out most things if given enough time.  But I tell you, as the 30’s and now 40’s are rolling by, I don’t know as much as I thought I did.  And if nothing else will do it, parenting will show you quickly that you really can’t control everything and figure everything out.  Life is a complicated business, with more turns and thrill hills than a rollercoaster.

What do I know?  I know that I love my family, my friends, music, God.  I know that I am thankful that my dog is laying on the floor next to me as I write this.  I know that a little bird is singing his head off outside my window.  And I know that “neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  (Romans 8:38-39)  And that’s enough to know.  Blessings on your day, Lisa

Know It By Heart

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When I was little and I would memorize a new song for my piano recital or learn the Gettysburg Address for 4th grade, I would say “I know it by heart.”  Now, knowing something “by heart” means something entirely different….it’s being able to recall something, deep inside, remembering the smells and sounds and touch of something as if it was yesterday.  It’s remembering by heart the feeling of riding my bike, without a helmet, fast down Mt. Run Lane road, the wind ripping through my hair. bike2 It’s feeling by heart the soft stuffed elephant that my then-boyfriend and now-husband gave me at the lockers, his first gift to me.   It’s hearing by heart the sound of my  baby’s first cry as he made his way into the world.  It’s smelling by heart the warm, breezy, salty air as I stepped out of the car at the ocean. bike3

It’s sensing by heart the excitement of Christmas morning as my sister and I ran downstairs, my parents’ happy faces beaming.

So many things I have learned “by heart.”  And I am thankful for each precious one.  Have a blessed weekend.  Slainte, Lisa

Doorway to Adventure

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Just a step, just crossing over the threshold, leads to a new adventure.  Step boldly and in faith today.  Slainte, Lisa

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““Remember what Bilbo used to say: It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

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“Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.” – Leo Buscaglia                               Quotes

 

Hill or Mountain

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Sometimes when I look at something that’s ahead of me, whether it’s a literal mountain hike or one of life’s other hurdles, it looks huge.  Gigantuan and overwhelming.  But if I can just start, just put one foot in front of the other and begin, little by little it usually gets done.  And then looking back later, I realize it really was more of a hill and I shouldn’t have had the big freak out.  🙂  Here are some of our favorite hills/mountains that we have tackled.  Step by step.  Blessings, Lisa

“It’s not a hill, it’s a mountain, as you start out the climb…” (U2, I’ll Go Crazy, NLOTH)

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Carrantuohill, County Kerry, Ireland

“And step by step, You’ll lead me, and I will follow You all of my days.”  (Rich Mullins, Step by Step, The World As Best As I Can Remember)

Bray Head Trail, Valentia Island, Ireland

Bray Head Trail, Valentia Island, Ireland