Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

"Why are you crying?"

he asked his mom.

"Because I'm a mother" she told him.

"I don't understand," he said.

His mom just hugged him and said, "You never will."

Later the little boy asked his father why mother seemed to cry for no reason.

"All mothers cry for no reason" was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why mothers cry.

So he finally asked God.

The man said "God, why do mothers cry so easily."

His prayer was answered and he learned: When God made mothers they had to be special.

He made their shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

He gave them an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from their children.

He gave them a hardiness that allows them to keep going when everyone else gives up, and to take care of their families through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

He gave them the sensitivity to love their children under all circumstances, even when their child has hurt them very badly. This same sensitivity helps them to make a child's boo-boo feel better and helps them share a teenager's anxieties and fears.

He gave them a tear to shed. It's theirs exclusively to use whenever it is needed. It is a tear for mankind.

Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God;

so precious that it's only given to us moment by moment.

-- Amelia Barr

Where are our minds right now? Are we focused fully on this meditation? Or are our minds wandering off to events scheduled for later today or tomorrow perhaps?

The simple truth is that this moment is all God has allowed right now. It's God's design that we live fully each moment, as it comes.

Therein lies the richness of our lives. Each moment contributes to the full pattern that's uniquely our own.

We must not miss the potential pleasure of any experience because our thoughts are elsewhere. We never know when a particular moment, a certain situation, may be a door to our future.

What we do know is that God often has to work hard getting our attention, perhaps allowing many stumbling blocks in order to get us back on target.

Being in tune with now, this moment, guarantees a full, yet simple life.

Our purpose becomes clear as we trust our steps to God's guidance.

How terribly complicated we make life by living in the past, the present, and many future times, all at once!

The bottom line is that I am responsible

for my own well-being, my own happiness.

The choices and decisions I make regarding my life

directly influence the quality of my days.

- Kathleen Andrus

There is no provision for blaming others in our lives.

Who we are is a composite of the actions, attitudes, choices, decisions we've made up to now.

For many of us, predicaments may have resulted from our decisions to not act when the opportunity arose.

But these were decisions, no less, and we must take responsibility for making them.

We need not feel utterly powerless and helpless about the events of our lives.

True, we cannot control others, and we cannot curb the momentum of a situation, but we can choose our own responses to both.

These choices will heighten our sense of self and well-being and may well positively influence the quality of the day.

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First story, author unknown.

10/22/2024

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Spider welcome banner from Kat's Meow (dead link 10/06/2001)

Purple and violet divider from D~Mentia's World (dead link 09/23/2000)

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