Some moments pop into my mind as I look back in 2013: - Sitting in a rowing boat and fishing . . . our younges son was learning to cast and he caught a mussel - He smiled so proudly! This experience kept him practicing until he learned to cast the line until it flew smoothly through the air and swopped perfectly in to the water. - Preparing my mom's 70 year birthday - the week in Finland with my parents, meeting family and catchin up. - The valleys of concern and worry for the loved ones, who'se been caught in the middle of challenging circumstances - carrying both these precious people and my worries, giving them to God, who is able and does answer our prayers ... Some of the worry and pain have been transformed to tears of joy and relief - God does work in His time, which never fails. - The moments in everyday life - they're like pearls that lighten our way, small drops of laughter, a smile, someone opening the door, and unexpected greeting ... : : : I want to share these thoughts with you, as we're about to enter 2014:
Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.
Ralph Waldo Emerson : : : Wishing you a Joyous and Happy New Year, Nina PS. I have not been very active on the blog-sphere during the holidays, but I look forward of catching up and popping by, very soon!
