Don’t hurry through this beautiful life,

reacting to situations with stress.

Step back from all the chaos

And rush a little less.

Come home to yourself again,

There are roses around your door,

The grass is not greener on the other side,

Don’t always be searching for more.

The time is here and now

To appreciate everything you’ve made

It’s not somewhere in the future,

Or when other plans have been laid .

So live with gratitude in your heart,

There are blessings to find in each day,

And you really don’t need to look very far,

to see you are blessed in many ways.

~s.c.

a simple treasure toward grace….

inquiry for today~ may you know your love to be pure…

love and loss and joy…

The road to human development is paved with renunciation.

Throughout our life we grow by giving up.

We give up some of our deepest attachments to others.

We give up certain cherished parts of ourselves.

We must confront, in the dreams we dream, as well as in our intimate relationships,

all that we never will have and never will be.

Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss.

And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose.

It is only through our losses that we become fully developed human beings.

~Judith Viorst