In Honor of Leo Buscaglia

“It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”
Leo F. Buscaglia
1924-1998

I have been reading some of Leo's books recently. What an incredibly loving, insightful, smart and funny man! If you would like to learn more about his contribution to life, go here.

Carpe Diem!
Susan

SERENITY

"God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference."

Ten Thousand Villages

Nicole, Nathan and Christy...what a trio of cuties...standing in front of Ten Thousand Villages. Nicole is volunteering there on a weekly basis. To read more about this awesome non-profit organization and fair trade, go HERE.

Me and some of the beautiful sculptures crafted by artisans that reside in Kenya.

Carpe Diem!
Susan

Now

“What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now.”
- Anonymous

Following My Heart

"SOMETIMES I can't see clear
The way to go from here,
So then I pause and pray.
Knowing God knows the way,
I throw away the chart
My cautious mind Designed.
And following my heart I just Trust.
And flowing with the flow
I go by letting go,
Believing that God's will
Will bring me to the still
Where I become the Me
God means for me to be."
James D. Freeman

"I asked for strength
and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for wisdom
and God gave me problems to learn to solve.
I asked for prosperity
and God gave me brain and brawn to work.
I asked for courage
and God gave me dangers to overcome.
I asked for love
and God gave me people to help.
I asked for favours
and God gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed."
Hazrat Kahn

I Saw What I Saw

Prayer For The First Day of Spring!

"Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving, that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."
St. Francis of Assisi