“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.…
“I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so clichéd, a default, all-purpose flower that said I love you, I’m sorry, and get well soon. Give me peonies and tulips, orchids or gardenia. Those were flowers with character.” ― Justina Chen Headley, North of Beautiful I had no idea that peonies were so…
“I’m crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don’t eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.” – Anna Chancellor There is something majestic about swans, and for some time we have seen a pair in the neighborhood, and just yesterday, I asked Expert2 where the cygnets were, since we saw baby geese…
“The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.” – Henri Nouwen On Saturday nights since this has started, we have been part of a zoom-supper club to check in on local…
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller This was an awesome start to the day. Expert2 and I have not been running together because my slow pace frustrates him, and then I get grumpy, and it generally ruins the run. But today, I had a virtual 10…