Joy

Popovers

Light

Groceries

COLD & SNOWY

But we have heat & hot water & food, so we are staying inside today - with gratitude - 

A Little Book of Forgiveness, by D. Patrick Miller

I’m attempting to help others become attuned to the frequency of forgiveness: a clear tone of sane guidance in a world filled with the harsh static of fear, confusion and vengeance.

. . . At different times in my life I've tried to change the way that others thought and behaved . . .   Only forgiveness has substantially changed me for the better - by making me less angry and self-absorbed . . . 

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Resentment is blinding.  It limits our perception of what is real (or changing) in the present and shuts down our capacity to envision a happier future.  . . . We all change together . . . Anyone can initiate the changes we all need by opening up new territories within his or her mind. . . 

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Any person, group, change, accident, or phenomenon of nature that seems to have control over you is a momentary stand-in for God.

. . . The beginning of forgiveness is alertness to false ideas.  . . . Only that which is false needs to be released.  . . . Then a new life, less limited by habits and prejudices, can surface within you.

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The change happens within you, but comes from beyond you. . .   Forgiveness will never rob you of what you truly need.

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To accelerate forgiveness, practice gratefulness.

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Electricity

A New Morning

Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. 

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

~ Buddha

Bread

Macaroni & Cheese

Mani

Choices

Apples

Keeping Warm

Computer

Quiche

Kittens

Electricity

I am grateful for electricity - for light, heat & appliances - 

Salad

Boots

Animal Crackers

Zippy

Popovers

Choices

Ramen

always make new mistakes

New Year's Resolutions

Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. 

Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. 

Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink, and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. 

Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever. We shall also reflect pleasantly upon how we did the same old thing last year about this time. However, go in community. 

New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls, and humbug resolutions, and we wish you to enjoy it with a looseness suited to the greatness of the occasion.

~ Mark Twain, Territorial Enterprise, January 1, 1863