tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post4525843493098308338..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: Word of the Week - 64Marylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-55410327909831751172015-05-26T09:33:38.213-07:002015-05-26T09:33:38.213-07:00Kass - A connection we might never have made befor...Kass - A connection we might never have made before the internet. One of the wonders. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-15058889127942840042015-05-26T08:48:01.020-07:002015-05-26T08:48:01.020-07:00Marylinn, I'm also grateful and overwhelmed by...Marylinn, I'm also grateful and overwhelmed by the gift of our mutual sharing.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-21095006829424521212015-05-26T08:28:50.648-07:002015-05-26T08:28:50.648-07:00Kass - Thank you for such generous, insightful sha...Kass - Thank you for such generous, insightful sharing of your journey. Actually, today green pants sound rather pleasing. "Not a piece of God's candy for years..." The Mother Teresa quote speaks to me, I suspect to all of us in some fashion, either as believers or not. I am so touched by this, such specific abundance from you. And "thank you" is the only way I've thought of to acknowledge all the candy already caught and consumed. To become aware of benevolence (I was thinking of a post for today which would elaborate on some of it)...forgive me stumbling on thoughts and words as I absorb your gift. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-53993890147271940442015-05-26T07:48:56.529-07:002015-05-26T07:48:56.529-07:00...and this:
If the only prayer you said was tha......and this:<br /><br /> If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough. ― Meister EckhartKasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-22437097798275047712015-05-26T07:46:26.037-07:002015-05-26T07:46:26.037-07:00Twenty-seven years ago I started keeping a little ...Twenty-seven years ago I started keeping a little notebook of gratitude which provided 'sweet' awareness of continued blessings. I had just read of Mother Teresa's crisis of faith where she said she "... still faithfully searched for God, still prayed, while wondering if there was anyone out there. Not a piece of God's candy for years. The wonder is in the waiting, which is not passive, but watchful: at its core is an invincible hope."<br /><br /><br />The waiting. The hope. Bits of candy along the way. Thrown out from a passing clown in a parade? I wonder if there is a way to encourage the candy-throwing. My concept of God is still not well-formed, but I am definitely on a path of discovery and candy-catching. Here are some of the entries:<br /><br /><br />May 18 - Thank you for the blue skirt, green pants, shorts, blouse. Such abundance, comfort (I can't imagine being comforted by green pants today).<br /><br /><br />May 19 - Thank you for guiding me to wonderful books. <br /><br /><br />May 20 - Thank you for the insight into the physical world I had today. Every action involving something material is symbolic. We live in the world. The earth makes us dirty. We sweat. When we bathe, we remove the things of the world. We are cleansed. I'm going to try to see the meaning daily of removing the stains of my life.<br /><br /><br />May 22 - Thank you for the Woman's Conference and especially the guided meditation. New ideas. Great possibilities. Choices. Adventures.<br /><br /><br />May 25 - Got shoes for all three children. Casually mentioned there should be a group discount and the salesman gave it to me. Thank you.<br /><br /><br />June 8 - Started my period. Thank you.<br /><br /><br />That was 1988. I am still trying to see and eat God's candy through gratitude. I am so grateful I have an income and excellent health and wonderful friends. There's so much more, I'll have to get another little notebook.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.com