Pride

Listen to a clip of this song by Syntax.

and i believe in reinvention
do you believe that life is holding the clue
take away all the lonely moments
give me full communication with you

your smile, shine a little light, alright
don’t hide, shine a little light
give up on your pride

do you believe in reinvention
do you believe that life is holding the clue
any way to face the silence
any way to face the pain that kills you

your smile, shine a little light, alright
don’t hide, shine a little light
give up on your pride

Searching for God

Lord, my God,
teach my heart this day
where and how to see you,
where and how to find you.

You have made me and remade me,
and you have bestowed on me
all the good things I possess,
and still I do not know you.

I have not yet done that for which I was made.

Teach me to seek you,
for I cannot seek you unless you teach me,
nor find you unless you show yourself to me.

Let me seek you in my desire;
let me desire you in my seeking.
Let me find you by loving you;
let me love you when I find you.

Amen.

— St. Anselm of Canterbury

For Your Pruning

When Love speaks to you, believe in him,
    though his voice may shatter your dreams,
    as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you.

Even as he is for your growth, so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and
    caresses the tender branches that quiver in the sun,
    so shall he descend to your roots
    and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

— Kahlil Gibran

What is Hope?

What is hope?
To want? To desire?
To expect that what’s envisioned
    may indeed happen?
YES to all of the above.

Is hope that gut feeling that it’s
    worth holding out
    and hanging on for just a little longer?
ABSOLUTELY.

Is hope the core of human condition?
CERTAINLY.

Can you have hope without
    faith and humility and wonder?
THAT’S TOUGH.

Just the thought that there’s something bigger,
    something truer, something really surprising
    out there waiting for us is…
    priceless.

What would you be without hope
    growing deep in your bones,
    thriving in every inch of you?
NOTHING

What does it take to hope?
EVERYTHING

Hope takes never ceasing to be amazed…

Wearing your soul on your sleeve…

Holding your breath, waiting to hear
    “I love you, too…”

Believing
    that tomorrow could be better than today…
    that you’ll get a second chance…
    that you’ll make a difference…
    that you matter.

— Author unknown (thanks Libby)

brb

My daughter found this somewhere at LiveJournal:

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