The DAILY SPARK Blog

IN THE PRESENT

If you must look back, do so forgivingly.  If you must look forward, do so prayerfully.  However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present… Gratefully.

Quote by Maya Angelou

REFLECTION:

A FORMULA FOR GOOD LIVING…

  • Look back – Forgivingly!
  • Look forward- Prayerfully
  • THE GOOD LIFE… BE HERE NOW. 

How can you be in this present moment?

Express gratitude for all in the now.

WHAT COUNTS…

Success is not final.  Failure is not fatal.  It is the courage to continue that counts.

Quote by Winston Churchill

REFLECTION:

  • Is there a “failure” that still haunts you?
  • Do you “rest on your laurels” of a previous success?
  • What courageous action is calling you?  What steps do you need take?

AGING

Aging is not for the weak.  One day you wake up and realize that your youth is gone, but along with it, so go insecurity, haste, and the need to please… You learn to walk more slowly, but with greater certainty.  You say goodbye without fear, and you cherish those who stay.  Aging means letting go, it means accepting, it means discovering that beauty was never in our skin… but in the story we carry inside us.

Quote by Meryl Streep

REFLECTION:

  • As you have aged, how has your perspective changed?
  • What have you let go of?
  • What have you accepted? Discovered?
  • What story do you carry inside?