“As your traverse life’s diverse pathways, you will encounter many obstacles, some good and some bad. All are learning experiences.

Life is simply a journey and we all start at the beginning. Embrace everything life has to offer; you never know when the journey will end.

For some their time spent on enlightenment is short, for others it’s long, but it is up to each of us to work out our own direction.

No one knows what is right for another-it is hard enough to know what is right for ourselves. Try to understand others, or at least make all allowances for them. Their journeys may be more arduous than yours.

There are no failures and no success is, only lessons learned.” Gary Seymour

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1

“That line from Psalm 23 sounds comforting, but I sometimes wonder if I really believe it. Do I truly trust that I want for nothing if God is guiding my life as carefully as a shepherd tends the flock? And some days, yes, when everything goes smoothly and my day feels like a happy sailboat on the lake of life. But then, there are times when I do not even consider for a moment that I have a divine shepherd. I’m too busy wanting things – not particularly material items. Most of what I want has to do with getting life to go the way I think it ought to go. When it doesn’t proceed accordingly, I feel disappointed and out of sorts. This tells me I have not yet fully accepted this shepherding of God. Abiding faith is about believing every day, no matter what happens, that God has my back, leading and guiding me even when things don’t turn out to my satisfaction.” Sr. Joyce Rupp, O.S.M

Lord, teach me to trust you each day and not second-guess.

“Look in the mirror and smile… and see an amazing person looking back at you. You really are someone special, and your presence is a present to the world around you.

When you’re counting your blessings, he sure to include the privilege of having a new sunrise every morning and a brand-new beginning every day.

Don’t ever give up on your hopes and dreams. Your happiness is depending on you to stay strong.” Douglas Pagels

So many times we take for granted that God created us in his image.

Looking in the mirror reminds us of how special we are instead of finding faults with ourselves.As the old saying goes, “God doesn’t make

junk.”

“To be in the moment means to sit in reflection, in silence, allowing for thoughts and emotions to flow freely. It means to take a breather from your every day schedule to enjoy the simple things of life.



To be in the moment means not letting life pass you by. It allows you to experience each moment for what it is and then let it go like a feather floating in the wind.

To be in the moment allows us to see the many blessings we have – the wonderful gifts that we so quickly look past in our day-to-day lives. It means truly and entirely living.” Lamisha Serf

Now that things are getting back to “normal”, we need to take time to stop each day and be in touch with our God. It is so easy to get back into racing around. I hope that during this pandemic we learned to stop, reflect, and be grateful for the quiet times.