Lord, give me grace to embrace the pauses in my life, and to be prepared to follow Your next command.
Marking Time
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Tagged communication, decision, distractions, encouragement, faith, Future, God, gratitude, guidance, happiness, inspiration, life, love, mindfulness, pause, prayer, relationships, self-awareness
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Accepting His Beautiful Mess
Lou and I fit together like interlocking fingers, but I didn’t know how much I loved him until the day a speeding taxi missed him by the width of a fingernail. For whatever reason in that moment, I thought of his side of the room we call our office, a jumble of precarious stacks of stuff that no effort at feng shui could fix. After the cab whizzed by, we hugged and shivered. Through my tears, I smiled up at him and said, “Something good has come of this. From now on, you can be as messy as you like.” — Leida Snow
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Tagged accident, clutter, death, declutter, feng shui, Home office, Leida Snow, life, love, marriage, messy, perspective, realationships, second chance
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He Kept Falling for Me
For seven years I tried to make it work, but his height came between us. Joe Pye Weed was so tall that he would routinely fall over, relying on me for support. We both looked silly. He was gorgeous when the light hit him just right. But today I dug him out of my life. Joe was a good plant; we just weren’t good together, so I posted on Facebook that he was available. A woman in a BMW arrived, walked across my lawn and said, “He’s perfect.” Then, Joe was gone. I only sort of hope he’s happy. — Caitlin Francke Boyle
A Recipe for Healing
At 19, I left my first adult relationship. I lived alone, working for minimum wage at a coffeehouse in Rochester, N.Y. Consumed by anxiety and loss, I stopped eating. Within the month of September, I lost 20 pounds. One afternoon, my co-worker slipped me a piece of paper with an illustrated, step-by-step recipe for oatmeal: “Stretch on the floor and breathe while cooking. Scrape into a ceramic bowl you like touching. Breathe into it and eat slowly.” I don’t like oatmeal, but years later the recipe remains taped to my dresser mirror. — Madeline Lathrop
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Tagged anxiety, breathe, eating disorders, friendship, Grief, healing, kindness, Madeline Lathrop, mental health, mindfulness, oatmeal, recipe, social worker, touch, weight loss
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The Journey
Between journeys, we dream bigger
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Tagged confidence, determination, discouraged, dreams, faith, Future, guidance, happiness, inspiration, journey, life, mindfulness, opportunity, perspective, support system, trust
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