Good morning, Digital Neighbors! Happy Tuesday my friends!!! Hey there Friends & Refugees, Early Birds and Later Dayers, Conversants, Lurkers and Wanderers on the Report, all you Misfits, Political Homeless & PHAM running wild at Phetasy and finally the home crew of ADD Irregulars, WSN Contributors, Curmudgeons and Coffee Talkers at Padre’s.
Days like today are a reminder of just how vile and ugly humanity can be. I will not forget the atrocities that happened this day and that it’s perpetrators GO-PROed the whole thing to celebrate and document their evil. This is the same type of evil that ISIS did and they filmed their barbaric acts and boasted about them. There is evil aplenty in the world. That is why there is even more need for prayer and reminders of goodness and beauty. Prayers and peace on this day for all and especially the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
THE INN IN THE CEDARS
Come, walk with me,
And see the distant breasts of trees—
Glimmering notes beneath the sky
Anointing the thoughts of passer-by.
Come, stand awhile,
And watch the sun wash the brush,
And brown brittle stalks of circling rush.
Come delight with me,
And listen to the breeze
Sweeping the leaves —
Listen for its soft whisper
Binding the mind
To the cadence of life,
The song of love,
And beauty’s breadth.
—ANNIE DOUGHERTY
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Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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Good Morning, Digital Neighbors, and Blessed Sunday to one and all!
Sundays are for gratitude, and few things impact our lives more than intentional gratitude. It is not enough to say you are blessed or that you are fortunate; the actual naming of our blessings plants them deep in the heart, transforming us as persons rather than leaving us with the bland “thankful for everything.”
Two years ago, I wrote this reflection on resentment and gratitude. In light of the celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary, I think it’s worth revisiting. We can choose to be among those who are thankful for America or among those who find nothing but fault with it.
You cannot build a future based on resentments of the past. You cannot grow if you are mired in the injuries of yesterday. God and life do not call us to ignore such experiences, but He constantly calls us forward—to be more, to receive more, to live more. Heal those wounds and work through those injuries, but do not be defined by them, and do not try to ...
