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Today is the final Valentine’s Day card. Bio: Michele Kearns is the founder and HUG© (Hope Unites Globally) Award-Winner of JoyReturns. She shares her adventures, hoping to inspire widows to move through grief and rebuild their lives. Michele is a lover of Jesus, Disco, history, books, and lipstick. She is also the amateur photographer b... mehr auf joyreturns.com
A Trillion Stars in You If you look above you will see the depths of time as infinite as the stars in the night sky, the andromeda galaxy of so many lifetimes reaching beyond what our mind can perceive. This radiant collection of 200 light years of 1 trillion stars that shine now, once shone […]... mehr auf justasmidgen.com
Joe and I did not go out for a romantic Valentine’s Day when it fell on the weekend. Why? In short the whole day is overcooked mostly because it falls on a weekend and the heat is on to make it the best Valentine’s Day ever – at least until the next time it falls… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
An attitude of gratitude is the start to being Happy. “Happiness is the only good.The time to be happy is now.The place to be happy is here.The way to be happy is to make others so.” ~ Robert Green Ingersoll The coin has two sides and the odds are that when flipped the coin will […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined,and that we can do nothing to change it,look before they cross the road.” ~ Stephen Hawking You can choose chaos or you can choose serenity. Chaos is alcoholic stinking thinking, self will run riot, trying to change God’s world by brute force, not looking before [R... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Here is the second of the Valentine’s Day cards. Praying you always love the Lord, and recognize He is your strength. Bio: Michele Kearns is the founder and HUG© (Hope Unites Globally) Award-Winner of JoyReturns. She shares her adventures, hoping to inspire widows to move through grief and rebuild their lives. Michele is a lover of…... mehr auf joyreturns.com
“It is better in prayer to have a heart without wordsthan words without a heart.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi Talking without thinking, talking to hear yourself talk, talking to say what you think someone else wants to hear are words that are wasted. Do not talk about it, show the world that you are kind, loving, […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
These three books by Kate Motaung; make perfect Valentine’s Day gifts for widows or anyone grieving, experiencing difficult times, or just generally longing for our heavenly home. The Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. Isaiah 60: 20B (NIV) Letter #3 Letters to Grief Letters to Grief: Finding Healing… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
“Faith does not deny the evil, but it sees around it.” ~ Source Unknown Thankfully, no one must live in the past. Make amends, make restitution, change the errors of your ways, and give today the best effort you can. Have faith that a loving Higher Power has given you all the tools you need […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Here is the first of 3 Valentine’s “cards” for you, my dear readers. Besides today’s, there will be one on Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday will be a post about 3 books that make great gifts for anyone missing their loved one, whether at Valentine’s Day or any day. Thursday will be a post about how… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
The Worst Man “The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk,they are sober.” ~ William Butler Yeats What is the use of sobering up if you are going to be a mean, stupid and ugly person. Learn to use sobriety as a way to find the kind, loving, patient and […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.” ~ Germaine Greer When the alcoholic/addict uses mind altering poisons they emotional, mentally, morally and spiritually cease growing and return to childish behaviors to justify their actions. When the physical compulsion of the addiction is in control, the abuser does not... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with thismarvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.” ~ Jimmy Breslin Stopping the habit of drinking alcohol is the easy part, staying stopped is the hard part. With the help of a Higher Power and friends who have been there and done that the […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Do you have a mind?? Do you know where your mind is?? Do you know what state of mind your mind is in?? Are the squirrels, who are chasing the nuts in their cage, making your mind go […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Good Morning! It is time for another Five Minute Friday post. This week’s prompt is Unusual (in honor of this weekend’s weather). 11:13 a.m. EST – Go! Well, another snowstorm is headed my way. That is not unusual for Ohio but it is for my family in Texas. My advice to my cousin was to… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.” ~ Mother Teresa Please and thank you, words that are very short and so easy to speak and they are words that can mean the value of the world to both the giver and the receiver. Please and thank you […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” ~ Anonymous If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans. Go with the flow. The alcoholic and addict have the bad habit of wanting what they want, when they want it, and it is usually now, always seeking the […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.” ~ William James A Higher Power created no mistakes, therefore, you were put on this Earth, a very important soul inside the human body, to make this world a better place. Any misfortune is a consequence of your choices, […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” ~ George Orwell Absolutely, positively, no snowflake ever fell in the wrong place. Accept the weather, you are not going to change it. Accept other people, you are not going to change them. Accept God’s world as being just as it is supposed to be. Be happy, accept that […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
I know I posted this picture before, but while printing photos today, I had an epiphany about this one. My thoughts are proof that I do not think like you, normal people. Geese are an example of life’s victors. When Joe and his buddies were golfing, the Canadian geese always made their presence known on… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
“If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good.” ~ Dr. Seuss When we are motivated, we set s goal, we form a plan of attack, and we go at it. How we go at it depends upon our attitude. If we think difficult, if we think impossible, if we […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere.” ~ Carl Sandburg If you follow the will of your Higher Power, hang out with nice people who are happy, go to places that are safe and emotionally peaceful, and do those things which are of service to yourself, mankind and […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“A man is not old until regrets take the place of his dreams.” ~ Proverb Could have, should have, would have, but we did not and we must learn to live with the consequences. Not meeting a goal or not living a dream does not mean that you have failed, it just means that your […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
“The best way to know God is to love many things.” ~ Vincent van Gogh The heart has room enough to hold all the love you could possibly want to share. The more you love the larger your heart grows. The bigger the heart, the more room there is to let God in. Love more […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
The man arrived in Srinagar in late autumn, when the chinar leaves were already the color of old fire and the city had begun to hold its breath. He rented a room above a shuttered bookshop near the river. The shopkeeper gave him a key and did not ask questions. In Kashmir, those who ask … ... mehr auf sumitajetley.wordpress.com
“In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.” ~ Barbara De Angelis For the alcoholic not to drink he must maintain an everyday spirituality, a conscious contact with his Higher Power. When one is aware of their spiritual side and allows […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
A few month’s ago I read Stronger than Stress, 10 Spiritual Practices to Win the Battle of Overwhelm by Barb Roose. One of the spiritual practices is to celebrate with gratitude what God has done. So today we humbly celebrate with gratitude what God has done with JoyReturns since the first post went live 15… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
I can feel whatever or however I want my emotions to feel. “If I feel sad I will laugh.If I feel ill I will double my labor.If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.If I feel poverty I will […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Fail Better “Try again. Fail again, Fail better.” ~ Samuel Beckett This is not a review or a critique of the poet, dramatist, Nobel laureate, Irish born, French writer Mr. Beckett, but just a thought brought to mind by the words “Fail Better”, which he used in his title. Hundreds, if not thousands, of famous […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Watch What You Do “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say.I just watch what they do.” ~ Andrew Carnegie The old saying is: “do not just talk the talk, learn to walk the walk.” Helpful words can be found by the millions in many a good book. Men of virtue […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Do Not Fear the Truth “Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.” ~ Pema Chodron The truth is, you are not perfect. The truth is, nobody is perfect. The truth is that the only thing that is perfect is the will of a Higher Power, the Spirit of the Universe. Have […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Continual Change “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” ~ Benjamin Franklin We are all going to change today, at least we will become a day older, why not also make it a day wiser. We are going to be given an opportunity every day of our […]... mehr auf meandtheboss.wordpress.com
Happy New Year! I said that there might be a post today if I had a cool picture to show you. Well, there is no cool picture, just a cold one. My area is in the process of getting 2-4 inches of snow or as I’ve decided to call it – God’s Moisturizer. As that… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
a recipe for love the directions written down, on a recipe card worn and stained flour and sugar stirred (must be sampled) and clumsy whisked into bright clouds of angel dust then poured and pressed as cinnamon ginger fragrance fills this home with love some things carry on forever, will live on in our hearts […]... mehr auf justasmidgen.com
There are a lot of videos listing 5, 10, 20 or more steps to set you up for a great year. Truthfully, I think there is only one step you need to take and if you do, I believe you will feel well enough to do others. Actually, any one of these steps alone will… ... mehr auf joyreturns.com
The last post I made on this blog was over three years ago. A lot has happened since then. A lot happened before then. And then… I couldn’t muster the motivation to write anything no matter how much I wanted to. The lack of motivation severely affected my desire to write, though I was crocheting […]... mehr auf musingsoftheamusingmuse.wordpress.com
Jedes Jahr geben die Deutschen mehr als 120 Millionen Euro für Feuerwerk aus. Und für was? Für etwas, was im animistischen Glauben früher „böse Geister“ vertreiben sollte. Heutzutage ist Silvester nur noch gut zum Party machen, Alkohol trinken und Geld anzünden. Für mich persönlich ist Silvester – abgesehen vom Fernsehprogramm und den L... mehr auf chogaramirez.wordpress.com
Die Brandnoozbox bot diesmal eine sehr bunte Mischung an. Gar nicht schlecht. Leider war unsere Chipspackung kaputt. Dazu kann ich euch also leider gar nichts sagen. Sauber geplatzt war sie wohl. Sah wie frisch geöffnet aus, vermutlich einfach Druck von oben beim einpacken oder auch während des Transports. Erst das zweite Mal das bei uns […]... mehr auf lilaplaetzchen.wordpress.com
Manche Wochen verlaufen erst einmal doof, zum Beispiel wenn ich eineinhalb Tage mit Migräne im Bett liege und mich davor noch zur Arbeit geschleppt habe. Natürlich kommt auch nur an solchen Tagen der Chef viermal zu mir und sieht, wie ich Blogs lese, anstatt ordentlich zu arbeiten, wobei Letzteres einfach nicht mehr ging und Ersteres […]... mehr auf janavar.net
Damit der Mai nicht so ganz ohne zweiten Blogpost vergeht, habe ich mich durchgerungen, mal wieder ein Update zu posten. Und zwar, damit es nicht gleich zu aufregend wird, über meine Rosen. Die paar Leser, die sich noch hierher verirren, … Weiterlesen →... mehr auf chiefjudy.com
