A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

Grace in Blossoms

Bloom in Grace

"Every time a flower blossoms,

God demonstrates His grace."

- Marianne Williamson

"Choose grace" instead of Fear ! My new mantra.

Mantra (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism

Words of Comfort

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.


It is not a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled.
But it is a calamity not to dream.


It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal,
But it is a disaster to no ideal to capture.


It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars.
But it is a disgrace not to have stars to reach for.


Not failure, but low aim is a sin.
Dr Benjamin Elijah Mays
1894-1984

Of Hope and agony

In a vision blurred by tears,

I watch as hope flaps its wings and flies away

across the sky that once painted many coloured dreams

Leaving me behind, waiting helplessly;

Words caught in my throat;

Silently willing it to turn around

and come back to me.

"Words for today are borrowed from Meister Eckhart's poem "The Hope of Loving."

What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?
I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.

I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey

to find its source, and how the moon wept
without her lover’s
warm gaze.

We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We

wither like fields if someone close
does not rain their
kindness
upon
us.

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