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Happy in the Rocky Places

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I’ve always been impressed by trees and flowers that can hang on and thrive in rocky inhospitable places.  At first, I begin to feel sorry for them, but then I realize that that is ridiculous, as these strong little miracles are amazing, and strong, and happy where they’re planted.  The wind blows, the soil is far down, but they grow deep roots and grow.  And they tell us so much.  🙂  Slainte, Lisa

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Flowers in the Burren, Ireland

“Keep your roots deep in him and have your lives built on him. Be strong in the faith, just as you were taught, and always be thankful.” – Colossians 2:17

 

 

 

What If It Tilted?

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I sometimes love to take strange pictures…ones that aren’t quite straight, not lined up correctly.  Why?  Just because I get tired of the same old thing and just want to see the world a little differently.  What if the world went sideways for a day?  You know, like in one of those funhouses, where the room is tilted and you can’t walk straight?  I guess I should be very thankful that the world doesn’t actually tilt so that I can feel it; that gravity and all those other forces I don’t quite understand keep me feeling upright and standing firm.  Because a disoriented and falling around Lisa can be a scary thing.  🙂  May your feel be solidly planted today, and may God keep you upright and planted on the Rock.  Slainte, Lisa

Nothing Small About It

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“Live your life while you have it.  Life is a splendid gift – there is nothing small about it.”  – Florence Nightingale

“Remember, there are no small parts, only small actors.” –  Konstantin Stanislavski

God has breathed the breath of life into each one of us, and has given us an amazing life to live.  And none of us are small in His eyes.  Ever.  Slainte, Lisa

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With All Your Heart

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“A bell’s not a bell ’til you ring it,

A song’s not a song ’til you sing it

Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay

Love isn’t love ’til you give it away.”

-Oscar Hammerstein II, Sound of Music, “Sixteen Going on Seventeen”

Ringing, singing, loving…whatever you’re doing today, go for it with all your heart!  Slainte, Lisa

Blessing in the Midst

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It’s easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song

But the man worthwhile is the one who can smile

When everything goes dead wrong.

For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years.

And the smile that is worth its salt

Is the smile that shines through the tears.

~Irish, Unknown Author

I was moved by this blessing/poem today, and it encouraged me to keep smiling, keep singing, keep hoping…through trouble, through pain, through hard times.  Because life is good, God is loving, and joy can be found, right now.  Blessings for a good weekend, Lisa