Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

May You Always Feel Loved

May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand. May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.

Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will always be there, even when you feel most alone.

May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of peace. May a kind word, a reassuring touch, and a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them.

Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending. Teach love to those who hate, and let that love embrace you as you go into the world.

May the teachings of those you admire become a part of you, so that you may call upon them.

Remember, those whose lives you have touched and who have touched yours are always a part of you, even if the encounters were less than you would have wished. It is the content of the encounter that is more important than its form.

May you not become too concerned with material matters but, instead, place immeasurable value on the goodness in your heart.

Find time in each day to see beauty and love in the world around you. Realize that each person has limitless abilities, but each of us is different in our own way.

What you may feel you lack in one regard may be more than compensated for in another. What you feel you lack in the present may become one of your strengths in the future.

May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility. May you find enough inner strength to determine your own worth by yourself, and not be dependent on another's judgment of your accomplishments.

May you always feel loved.

Things don't turn up in this world

until somebody turns them up.

-- James A. Garfield

We could learn from the bears in the woods how to turn up opportunities. To nourish themselves, they turn over logs and stumps to get insects.

When they smell honey, they will climb a tree after it, and when they see berries they will move branches aside to get at them.

Like the bears, we need to turn up things for ourselves. Perhaps we can enter a drawing or writing contest.

Maybe we can try out for a team sport or the orchestra.

By doing this, we take risks which foster our growth and build confidence, and we turn our lives into fulfilling adventures.

Why wait for opportunity to knock when we can knock at opportunity's door.

Whatever our interests, finding ways to enjoy them can make the most out of the opportunities around us.

When we do the best we can,

we never know what miracle is wrought in our life,

or the life of another.

-- Helen Keller

It is a great loss when we underestimate the importance of our efforts in the life of another.

One man, who had to spend some time in a hospital, waited day after day to receive a card or a telephone call from those who cared.

Some people, who he expected to call or write, did not.

Others, who the man had not felt close to, and whom he did not expect to hear from, surprised him with their concern.

He came to place greater value on those who had cared enough to call or send a card.

A little act, the best we have at that moment, makes a big difference to the person on the other end.

Knowing this helps us make sure that all our acts, even the smallest, are as good as we can make them, because they all make a difference.

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10/24/2024

Dividers from A Secret Garden by Whisper and Faedora's Web Art (dead link 01/17/2006) and Kirk Reinert (A Gift of Love)