An Encouraging Word

Some months ago, there was a "chain e-mail" making the rounds that asked you to send an encouraging statement, poem, dictum, proverb, etc. to the sender, and then send the message to 20 friends (who would then send you such a message). You may have gotten one from me, who knows. Anyway, here are the responses I received:

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"...thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star."

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"When you really look into yourself you cannot say the body belongs to you. You are the result of two people and each parent had two parents and so on. All humanity is in you. You are what you absorb. You eat vegetables, fish, meat, and these are dependent on light, the sun, warmth… There is nothing personal in us. The body is in organic relationship with the universe… There is nothing personal in the heart, liver, kidneys, the eyes, ears or skin, nor in the elements which build patterns of behavior, thinking, reactions, anger, jealousy, competition, comparison, and so on."
                                                    - Jean Klein, Who Am I?

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COLORED RAINBOWS

Dare to dream of colored rainbows
and fine "castles in the air" -
and a Sun that shines so brightly
making cloudy days seem rare!

When you aim to find a purpose
then your life becomes worthwhile.
You will dazzle those about you -
when you show your own true style!

Our dreams are not for keeping -
simply borrowed for a while;
to console us in adversity
and teach us how to smile!

Dream again of colored rainbows
and of bluebirds flying high.
You will overcome the obstacles
once you decide to try!

-unknown poet

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ancient proverb, "be humble, for you are made of earth. be noble, for you are made if stars."

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“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.”

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"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."

                                                            —Martin Luther King, Jr.

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It isn't what happens to you that is important, it is, to put it simply, your response.