"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
it's about learning how to dance in the rain!"

"I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly God was speaking,
"My name is 'I am'". I waited. God continued, "When you live in the past, with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not 'I was.
' When you live in the future, with its problems and fears, it is hard. I am not there. My name is not 'I will be.
' When you live in this moment, it is not hard. I am here. My name is 'I am.'
As seen on the kitchen wall of Saint Benedict´s Monastery.

"This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never... except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy,"
Winston Churchill, Harrow School, England, October 29, 1941

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
Audrey Hepburn

"I sometimes think we stand at sunset....It may be that night will close over in the end, but morning will come again. Morning always grows again out of darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the Lantern Bearer, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind".
(Sutcliff, 1959)

'I am one. I cannot do everything, ---but I can do something.. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.'
Edward Everett Hale

St. Theresa's Prayer:

May today there be peace within.
May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

BRENDAN THE NAVIGATOR

Lord, I will trust you, help me to journey beyond the familiar and into the unknown.
Give me the faith to leave old ways and break fresh ground with You.
Christ of the mysteries, can I trust You to be stronger than each storm in me?
Do I still yearn for Your glory to lighten on me?
I will show others the care you’ve given me.
I determine amidst all uncertainty always to trust.
I choose to live beyond regret, and let You recreate my life.
I believe You will make a way for me and provide for me, if only I trust you and obey.
I will trust in the darkness and know  that my times are still in Your hand.
I will believe You for my future, chapter by chapter, until all the story is written.
Focus my mind and my heart upon You, my attention always on You without alteration.
Strengthen me with your blessing and appoint to me the task.
Teach me to live with eternity in view.
Tune my spirit to the music of heaven.
Feed me, and, somehow,
make my obedience count for You.