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Rake the muck this way. Rake the muck that way. It will still be muck. In the time you are brooding, you could be stringing pearls for the delight of heaven.

-a Hasidic  master

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cinque terra, italy -photo courtesy of plentyofcolour.com

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours. 

-William Osler

Canadian Physician

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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

- St. Teresa of Avila

Let your assumptions rest. 

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We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. 

 -Proust

In this home...
We do second chances.
We do grace.
We do real.
We do mistakes.
We do I'm sorrys.
We do loud really well.
We do hugs.
We do family.
We do love.

-Anonymous

In Conversation with a Friend

Do you have any plans set?


"No, although there are my personal estimates, provided God paves the way for me. I mean I can only wake up in the morning and walk to the river and cast my reel."

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"Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the condition that you believe much more in His love than in your own weakness." 

- Mother Teresa

You are not alone

“There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.” 

-Paul Coelho

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"There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul, or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God." 

- Frederick Faber

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 "Must you continue to be your own cross? No matter which way God leads you, you change everything into bitterness by constantly brooding over everything. For the love of God, replace all this self-scrutiny with a pure and simple glance at God’s goodness." 

-St. Jane Frances de Chantal

"How can we complain when He Himself was considered 'as one struck by God and afflicted'." (Isa. 53:4)

- St. Therese of Lisieux

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"Life is truly a constant beginning, a constant opportunity, a constant springtime. We need only to learn once again as we did as children, letting fascination and curiosity give us welcome cause for taking a second look, rather than taking for granted. Fortune, happiness, and peace of mind await those who learn to look for the miraculous hidden among the common. The unique blending of sun, soil, and seed at the springtime of seasons will provide predictable and miraculous results for those who will learn to take full and complete advantage of spring." -Jim Rohn

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Completed Art Puzzle, originally uploaded by Phizzychick!.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Douglas Horton

New Blog

I've created a new blog at www.loaveswishes.blogspot.com. If you follow me on here, consider following me there. This new blog is primarily for baking topics.

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I heart winter (365/349), originally uploaded by JenniPenni.

“You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.”

- Winnie the Pooh

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Linum-Bokeh, originally uploaded by picaddict.

“God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.”

 -Mother Teresa