Reach for Your Star…

Do not take anything as being forever, because forever is only as long as today.

Know that the people who are the richest are not those who have the most, but those who need the least.

That we are at our strongest when life is at its worst, and at our weakest when life no longer offers a challenge.

That it is wiser not to expect, but to hope, for in expecting you ask for disappointment, whereas in hoping you invite surprise.

That unhappiness doesn’t come from not having something you want, but from the lack of something inside that you need.

That there are things to hold and things to let go, and letting go doesn’t mean you lose, but that you acquire that which has been waiting around the corner.

Most of all…

Remember to use your dreams as a way of knowing yourself better, and as an inspiration to reach for your star.

Nancy Sims

"And a woman spoke, saying, tell us of Pain. and he said; Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that it's heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy; and you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields. And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief. Much of your pain is self chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility."

Kahlil Gibran

in retrospect...

I'm still on a high from the conference and it seems to allow me to look deeper into my past... renewing my surrender to Master has in fact pointed to the errors and wrong turns that I've made... there are so many... the many people that I've hurt, ignored, or damaged in some way or another line the outer circle... I wish I knew a way to rebuild the burned bridges... ... ... maybe I do... an outreached hand ... a hug... an apology... not as much for the action but my shortcomings... my nearsightedness... my ego.

I sit here tonight looking at the flame of a new blue candle... a new start with Master, a blessing in of itself... I know now that I don't deserve it nor am I worthy of his love... I am but his slave