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Tension
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I have a problem – with word art. Last week I went to IGA and almost walked out with five –...
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Brown Bear, Black Bear
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill Frailty, thy name is cancer. One moment, an oracle, another, a despot; it’s...
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Rest
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time....
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Burflehunting
Experience teaches only the teachable. – Aldous Huxley …(but) what’s the use of tears? – Herbert Kretzmer & Alain Boublil I love the smell of summer rain. Spicy-sweet, it says, you needed me. This...
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Possibility
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein I dwell in possibility. – Emily Dickenson I’ll never get this. Only two weeks into the school year, and already I’ve...
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Safe
He that’s secure is not safe. – Benjamin Franklin Freedom lies in being bold. – Robert Frost Fall. It always begins with such hope, doesn’t it? We breathe the faint scent of maple and cinnamon, sense...
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Hidden
For now we see as in a glass, darkly; then we will see face to face. – Paul World. We have a problem. Slender rectangles dangle in our pockets, our purses, our coats. They call out to our hands, our...
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Surface Tension
When grace is joined by wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. – Victor Hugo Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them. – Anna Magnani One...
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Sun Chasers
With tuppence for paper and strings, you can have your own set of wings. – Mary Poppins We can always be chasing the sun. – Sara Bareilles I postpone death by living. – Anais Nin I love all things...
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Resurrection
Some day we will all find what we are looking for. Or maybe we won’t. Maybe we will find something much greater than that. – Anonymous Let the ruins come to life. – Joel Houston Two and a half...
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Big Bang Theory
Summer. You beast. You fair-weather friend. You bring your endless promises of lengthy goodness and shorter nights. You smile your bounty of good food and island smells. You remind me that I live in...
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New
So, this is Christmas. – John Lennon Its the most wonderful weekend of the year. No, seriously. Forget your fowl and your favors and your fragrant festive evergreens. You can have your soirees, your...
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Guarded
I’m afraid one has all the goodness and the other all the appearance of it. – Jane Austen Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life. – Proverbs The boy with the...
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Joy
I call it Joy, which must be sharply distinguished both from Happiness and Pleasure. Joy has indeed one characteristic, and one only, in common with them; the fact that anyone who has experienced it...
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Tenacity
Tenacity is the ability to hang on when letting go appears most attractive – Anonymous Let us hold fast our confession, for He who promised is faithful – Hebrews Yesterday I stumbled on a podcast...
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Sing
Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me, let me be singing when the evening comes (Matt Redman) Return to the scene of the crime – the day I let the music die – and rewrite the final line, and...
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Longer, Stronger, Closer Together
So here I wait in hope of You, oh my soul’s longing through and through – Christy Nockels, ‘Advent Hymn’ But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. – Jesus, to His disciples, Matthew...
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You take my eyes off of the future, You lead my heart out of the past – Matt Maher Hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with...
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God does some of His best work in the unseen – Lysa Terkeurst There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. – Matthew 10:26 You’re the best song I’ll ever...
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You uproot me from ruin and You plant me to blossom – A. Geddert/A. Ellsworth There are the rare and beautiful treasures that grow when it’s coldest, when nobody’s watching – Christy Nockels A...
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