A Small Break-God bless

I shall be taking a few days break but will be back by Tuesday(Monday in America). God bless you all and I shall miss you, but I will be back(who said that? LOL).

Peace and much love to all

Marie xoxoox PS: Do watch the Youtube. It is hysterical lol.

Make A Difference In Tough Times-Esther's Blog

I read this article over at Esthers blog and found it very aspirational. It is when we forget our own private concerns and worries and step outside of our own safe confines that we become true to ourselves and true to God.

We need to be constantly reminded to give from our hearts and not from our largesse. Rather than spend our time whining about life, instead rejoice that we have an opportunity to show God's unfailing Love to those who need to see it and feel it.

It is a paradox that in giving we receive much more in a spiritual sense, and surely that is where our hearts should be and not always on the size of our wallets.

Please do read this excellent article at Esther's blog and ask yourself where can I make a difference in someone else's life?

Just Kindness, Please

"Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble."

"The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines."

"Keep what is worth keeping. And with the breath of kindness blow the rest away."

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate."

"An eye can threaten like a loaded and leveled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy."

"Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness and small obligations win and preserve the heart."

Thankyou Lisa-A Blog Bouquet

Lisa at Episcopollyanna has been very kind by giving Marilena from Divine Mercy and Ginny and myself a Christmas gift.

Thankyou so much Lisa for your kindness and generosity. You truly have brightened my day.

Peace & JOY to you always

Marie & Ginny

You were put here for a reason

Sometimes when the night grows long

and regrets run through your mind,

you look back on your life

and wonder what you've left behind.

You've won no fame or fortune,

no title, power or land.

No loyal group of followers,

no one at your command.

You brood on all the chances lost,

when you could have had the prize,

But fate stepped in and stole it

right before your very eyes.

Is there any hope for meaning,

any legacy to leave?

Any way to join the ranks of those

who struggle and achieve?

Then a small voice speaks inside you

of a deed done long ago,

a trifling thing or so it seemed.

You had no way to know.

Your kindly act of charity

that turned a life around

and set some soul back on the path

where freedom can be found.

If not for you would have gone undone,

only you could make it so.

You were put here for a reason, friend,

that only God can know.