to love.

society’s reality differs from love’s reality. “to live in love is life’s greatest challenge. it requires more subtlety, flexibility, sensitivity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, knowledge, and strength than any other human endeavor or emotion, for love and the actual world make up what seem like two great contradictory forces.” -leo buscalgia challenge. Go out and love someone, experience it treasure it and honor it. God has called us to love. Don't be scared to show his love through a small gesture of kindness, we also don't need to be scared when people want to love us back.

“when you are interiorly free you call others to freedom, whether you know it or not. freedom attracts wherever it appears. a free man or a free woman creates a space where others feel safe and want to dwell. our world is so full of conditions, demands, requirements, and obligations that we often wonder what is expected of us. but when we meet a truly free person, there are no expectations, only an invitation to reach into ourselves and discover there our own freedom.” -nouwen

God sees the flowers in my dandelion weeds.

grace.

I forgive myself.












b.c HE forgave me a long time ago.

smooth wine.

Rise. oh one who's eyes are secure.

Embrace what is new. Shut out the dust and move toward the wind.

For only the wind will whisper the truth of what is to come.

Dream when you are nervous, but until then, be free and drink this smooth wine.

oh. please do read.

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life. I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back. I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one. I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

maya angelou

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Grace.

“Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness. It strikes us when we walk through the dark valley of a meaningless and empty life... It strikes us when, year after year, the longed-for perfection does not appear, when the old compulsions reign within us as they have for decades, when despair destroys all joy and courage.

"Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying: ‘You are accepted. You are accepted, accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask for that name now; perhaps you will find it later. Do not try to do anything now; perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything, do not perform anything, do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.’ If that happens to us, we experience grace."

Paul Tillich, The Shaking of the Foundations

QUESTION: When have you been struck by grace?