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Category Archives: Notes
Room for God
Blessed are they
who do not take
themselves too seriously,
for they have made room
in their hearts for God.© 2015 Dennis Ference
Grief
Each person who enters our life, every experience we have, is a teacher. Some things we learn amaze us, some trouble us. Everyone we have loved has become a part of us … And no relationship created in love can ever die.
~ John E. Welshons
Grief is a dark hallway,
where memories gather,
and demand to be known.
It’s the first light at dawn when thoughts awaken the sleeper.
Sometimes it’s intense sunshine,
that makes eyes blink,
and sears the breath.
Grief lights candles when the pain is too hard to bear,
and watches the flame flicker,
messages from the other side.
It’s still talking,
still believing in love,
still holding.
At times grief is not being able to breathe,
being drowned in an ocean of tears,
swallowed into nothingness
hoping for death.
It’s about trying to tread softly on the earth,
when the soul is so fragile,
it…
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Key to Joy
Blessed are those
who reach beyond themselves,
for they have discovered
a golden key to joy.© 2015 Dennis Ference
. . . to look in the eyes and find light there.
“It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined,
a face that has been deeply inhabited,
to look in the eyes and find light there.”
~ John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
Text & image source: Whispers For The Soul https://web.facebook.com/Whispers-For-The-Soul-133932740081059/
75. Helen Keller ( a poem) _ Langston Hughes
She,
In the dark,
Found light
Brighter than many ever see.
She,
Within herself,
Found loveliness,
Through the soul’s own mastery.
And now the world receives
From her dower:
The message of the strength
In the dark,
Found light
Brighter than many ever see.
She,
Within herself,
Found loveliness,
Through the soul’s own mastery.
And now the world receives
From her dower:
The message of the strength
Of inner power….✍
Therefore, as God’s…
**Photo taken in her yard by Natalie; text added by Natalie
To Be the Light
When I find my presence in the Light
and the Light present within me,
and when I become aware, at last,
that I am here to be Light
with all that is, was, and will be,
it is then that my eyes fully open
and the dawn gloriously breaks
to shine through every darkness
and shadow
I thought had broken me.© 2018 Dennis Ference
Our role in life . . .
Our role
in life
is to bring
the light
of our own
souls
to the
dim places
around us
~ Sister Joan Chittister
Photo credit: Waftings from the Ether https://web.facebook.com/Waftings-from-the-Ether-388467361318607/
High recognitions . . . People honor me with their lips,
“The true, pure worship of God, which comes from a grateful heart,
is hard to find among Christians. The true worship of God should be
nothing more than a deeply felt hymn of gratitude toward the Creator
Who bestows us life. But Jesus already said at His time:
“People honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me…””
– Roselis von Sass
The writer draws inspiration from “The Grail Message” (In The Light of Truth) by Abd-ru-shin
Text & image source: Garden of Illumination https://web.facebook.com/Garden-of-Illumination-1433140463620723/
Sacred Touches 