He who has courage and faith

will never perish in misery!

-- Anne Frank

Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

Someone once said happiness is like a butterfly: if we chase it, we'll never find it. But if we sit quietly, it will come and land on us.

Faith and courage are the same.

All we have to do is sit quietly and ask for these gifts from God.

In time, and with patience, they will be ours, and so will the happiness we can then pass on to others.

Anne Frank wrote the above words facing a concentration camp and certain death.

If she could find happiness and faith and courage within herself under those circumstances, then certainly we can too.

These gifts are ours, already within us, if we but look for them.

Faith is the bird that feels the light

when the dawn is still dark.

-- Sir Rabindranath Tagore

Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

In the darkness of early morning, the bird outside the window begins to sing. Soon the eastern sky turns pink.

The bird continues singing until the first yellow rays warm its soft wings. Then it flies away, not returning to the window until the next morning.

We can learn from the small bird how to have faith.

We don't need to wait for something we want before having faith we'll get it. We can begin to show our faith by celebrating the things we usually take for granted.

After all, when we take something for granted, isn't that a selfish form of faith?

We can start by singing a song to celebrate the new day.

A day that will warm our hearts and shed light on our actions.

Like the bird's faith in the sunrise, we need only to have faith that God meant each day to enrich our lives.

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11/13/2024

Faith initials Carol's Clipart Collection (dead link -- sigh!)

Bow bar from BeckyJ's Lines, Signs 'N' More (dead link 4/3/1999)