Today's Thought
You are reading from the book Today's Gift.
One must lose one's life in order to find it.--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We are often so busy trying to control the outcome of the happenings in our daily lives, so intent on projecting our tomorrows that we let life slip by. Life is today. This is all we have for sure--the moments in our lives we cannot hold. Sometimes it feels as if those moments are beyond time and place, gifts from God to receive and give up at the same time. Like a dragonfly that lights on our hand and will either be crushed or will fly away if we try to close our fingers over it.
Life is a series of things to let go of--our friends and loved ones, our children as they grow, our dreams, or our youth. Only we ourselves, our inner selves, are a constant to be found and learned about every day, in the present moment.
How well can I enjoy each moment today?
You are reading from the book Today's Gift.
One must lose one's life in order to find it.--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
We are often so busy trying to control the outcome of the happenings in our daily lives, so intent on projecting our tomorrows that we let life slip by. Life is today. This is all we have for sure--the moments in our lives we cannot hold. Sometimes it feels as if those moments are beyond time and place, gifts from God to receive and give up at the same time. Like a dragonfly that lights on our hand and will either be crushed or will fly away if we try to close our fingers over it.
Life is a series of things to let go of--our friends and loved ones, our children as they grow, our dreams, or our youth. Only we ourselves, our inner selves, are a constant to be found and learned about every day, in the present moment.
How well can I enjoy each moment today?
This was what I needed to hear today and what I need to concentrate on in the next few weeks. Staying in the moment will be my survival. I have a surgery coming up on Dec. 8th and it's gonna take all my energy and help from my Higher Power to get through this. I'm doing my part, the footwork necessary to get there, and now I have to let go of control and place my faith in God's hands. I don't know the outcome...I have a plan and that is all I can do. Stay in the moment, rely on my Higher Power, trust in the fact that my faith tells me I will be given the tools to get through this, let go. I'm gonna "hang in there" and look at fear as Face Everything And Recover.
7 comments:
I have marked my calendar Dec 8th so I can wrap my thoughts around you and pray for your survival and speedy recovery. Thanks for sharing your fears. That helps me face my own.
(Thanks for the great song, too) :)
December 8, got it!
It sounds like a good plan. That is a great reading and just what I needed this morning.
Have a great week staying in each moment.
G~
LOVE the pic! Thanks for your post. You're in my prayers.
love the frogs pic!!!
God gives us what we need, and looks like he'll be getting lots of requests for you on the 8th--
you're on the prayer list, December 8th
Nice quote, thanks! Hang in there.
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