I'm apart of a group, who I consider my second family quite frankly. They provide a lot of great information along with tons of laughter. One thing I receive every day from a member of the group, is the thought of day. So I will share today's thought with you.
To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives; it is the only way we can leave the future open.--Lillian Smith
Today stands before us, ready for our involvement. And it will offer us opportunities for personal growth and occasions to help another make progress on her path to the future. Challenges are to be expected. They further our purpose. They foster our maturity.
How different it is, for many of us, to look forward to today with secure anticipation, to trust in what the future holds! We can still remember, all too vividly perhaps, the darker periods in our lives, periods that seemed to hold no promise; a time when we dreaded the future, fearing it would only compound those awful times.
The fear and the dread are not gone completely. They hover about us, on occasion. They no longer need to darken all of a day, however. We can recognize their presence as parts of our whole, not all of it. How free we are, today! Our choices are many.
I can step toward today with assurance, reaching out to others along the way, trusting that my accumulated steps add stability to my future.
Thanks for posting those thoughts. They really encapsulate so much of the human condition.....I think when we read or hear things that inspire us, we are already subliminally aware of them. The words are somehow able to connect with what our subconscious knows to be true. I'd really like to know what chemical reactions go on when we hear or read something that inspires or directly connects with our experience. Thanks again....
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