Matthew Kelly states that, “life is difficult. There are problems. There are problems that we expect, and there are problems that are unexpected.” He also tells us that we should face our difficulties, don’t try to run away from them but deal with them and use them as “opportunities to grow.”
“Every difficulty in life is an opportunity to grow.
Every difficulty in life is an opportunity to grow in virtue.
Every difficulty in life is an opportunity to grow in character.
Every difficulty in life is an opportunity to become a-better-version-of-yourself, more perfectly yourself.
Every difficulty in life, at some level, is a blessing.”
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My brother shared the information from his DNA test. It showed that our French connection traveled to Quebec, Canada around 1700 to 1750. This matches what my cousins have discovered as well.
He found that we are also connected to Scandinavia. So, we could have some Viking relatives.
Fur Traders |
Vikings |
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Sometimes our local squirrels attempt to get at the seed in our bird feeder. They are not successful and after a period of time give up and look for food elsewhere. This week I found one of them “studying” the bird feeder. He sat there for at least five minutes. I’m concerned that he may have figured out how to get at the seed.
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Jack Bears shared this story. He received a call from his Mom that he should come home to see his grandmother.
“So I flew home. I'd been challenged a few weeks before by a friend of mine, and he challenged me with something that made me really uncomfortable. He said that eulogies are never heard by the people who deserve to hear them the most. So he asked me to write a eulogy for my grandma, and then share it with her in person.
And so I did.
And our conversation was just . . . it was extraordinary, and I'll never forget it.”
I am thinking about some similar conversations that I could be experiencing.
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I decided to paint an Archangel that I purchased at Historicon last year. It’s from Ral Partha, aka: Iron Wind Metals. It did not turn out as well I would have liked, but not too bad. Named her Arael after doing some research on Archangels. What I found;
“Ariel (Hebrew: אריאל, Ari'el, Arael or Ariael) is an archangel found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha. The name Ariel, "Lion of God" or "Hearth of God," occurs in the Hebrew Bible but as the name of an angel the earliest source is unclear.”
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Have a Blessed Easter ...
Cross Cards |
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Kenny Chesney - “While He Still Knows Who I Am”
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