reflection

I__ looking for youinto that silverspoon where I taste my reflection to feel the touch of your untouchables- from the poem "Looking For You

As the sky prepares to settle its tired, aching feetinto the night__ velvet slippersI settle, into my armchair, soaking the teabag,of my thoughts, into warm liquidy stars.

It took me a long time to realise that mothers are women who carry youAnd not necessarily in their womb.

I think you feel like, unless you're damagedyou're not deep enough or mysterious enoughor complicated enough to ever be appreciated by another.And that is deeply untrue.

Hope is when we have a beautiful vision of something and a positive emotion to go along with it. When our world comes crashing down, when we are trapped in a deep, dark, despairing hopelessness, we need a bigger perspective. Hope comes when we reflect on all that we hold dearand true, when we acknowledge a higher power, when we acknowledge God in our lives and begin to see what He has planned for our lives.

You need to be able to find hope in your circumstances. We need it for ourselves and our children. Laurie and I both believe that when we reflect on all that we have and all that we love and all that we are thankful for, we feel that hope and that peace. We feel God keeping us buoyed up. We are able to face the challenges.

True heartfelt gratitude offers moments of profound reflection, on the blessings which constantly fill our lives (KR, 1998)

Spurgeon challenges us to go to the river of our experience, to pull up bulrushes, and to place them in the Ark of our memory, experiencing again the wonder that allowed our infant faith to flourish.

MY _______ is,My Presentation_ &My Attitu__ is,Your Reflection

Hubert (Humphrey) prepares for a major address by taking a deep breath.

Kissinger would probably be outraged even if he reread his own memoirs, on the grounds that they are not favorable enough.

Your attitude toward others, work, and your daily life is a reflection of your attitude toward God.

Who am I? What am I doing here? Who are these others? This trilogy of spiritual conundrums is as practical as it is philosophical. Mindful inquiry devoted to these three questions is as spiritual as it is material and as obvious as it is unanswerable. Knowledge isn__ to comfort our souls; it is to enhance awareness__hat is what some call an awakening. Some things have to be believed to be seen. Feelings articulate truth in ways that our brains cannot. We may have a sense about who we are, what our purpose is and how we relate to the rest of the world even without the vocabulary to articulate it. Recovery is visceral as much as it is intellectual. The Eleventh Step is our spiritual barometer, feeding back sensations, feelings and thoughts as we observe our life.

Attitudes are like mirrors, they reflect towards anyone that's looking.

Social mores, he argued, rules of protocol, concepts of rectitude and honor had no objective basis. They were only reflections of public and private fears.

He's got a can up there,' Richard said.

We each project to others a reflection of the world which includes our choices of perception.

Your choices and decisions are a reflection of how well you__e set and followed your priorities.