A little more Nun of This!

"And I say to myself . . .what a wonderful world . . ."
And it is, it truly is, a wonderful world . . .
It is finger licking frosting wonderful!
And you, are a part of it!
And I am a part of it . . .
and often in the midst of it all, our paths cross.
And, tonight, all I really want to say is thank you for the part you play in it!
Thank you for allowing your dreams and my dreams to make a path that crosses . . .
Yes, it is a wonderful world!

Day 3 Nun of This

"Fill my heart with love, that my every teardrop may become a star."
Hazrat Inayat Khan

WOW! Every teardrop a star?? The night sky will be lit brighter than we've ever seen it before!!
I wonder if that means that somebody will be making a wish on one of my tears? Does that change the
content of the tear?
I recently read an article that spoke of the cleansing property of tears, and the fact that tears cried with emotion are much more healing than tears cried while peeling onions . . .
Imagine if you can for a moment the last few things that have made you cry. Now that you have those thoughts, turn them into blessings. Say thank you to the God of your understanding for those tears, turn those tears into gift.

I truly believe that those things and peoples that I have cried over, no matter how much they hurt, were some of the greatest blessings in my day, some of the things that have stretched me the farthest and made me grow the most! I actually took the time this week to thank the person that made me cry last week. Never in a million years did I ever think I would say thank you for the experience that left me thinking my heart would break, but I did. That thank you made me realize that without the experience, I wouldn't have had to sit and ask why I was crying. I wouldn't have had to fight for something that was really important to me, and I probably wouldn't have stopped long enough to even realize that I was growing in the process of it all.

If tonight you see a star, ask a blessing upon it. Ask a blessing upon the one who cried that tear, and a blessing upon the one who wiped it dry.

For you, I will be checking the sky tonight, and asking a blessing!

Blessings!

Day 2 of Nun of This

There comes a point or a moment in each of our lives when we know that we truly will be ok . . .
despite anything else that's going on or anything that can happen to us, we really will be ok.
Today, that is a truth that I have come to know perhaps for the first time in my almost 50 years . . .
I am stronger than anything that can happen to me and YOU are stronger than anything that can happen to you!
Believe with me that all will be well and know that I hold you in prayer.
I pray for your strength and my strength, your loved ones and mine, and I pray for all those who for whatever reason can't believe in their own strength!
Blessings!

Day one of "nun of this"

I start this blog in gratitude to Therese B. who writes a blog on beliefnet and offers me so much hope and inspiration and Jude who challenges me more than she knows to be the best person that I can be . . .
Who knows where this will go or what creative avenues it will open but for today, just for today, this is enough!
Some days I hear the question or live the thought, "why do bad things happen to good people?" and someday I think I will have the answer . . . today I have only the question.
The news today spoke of the Dali Lama's nephew being struck by a car and killed in Florida.
The Dali Lama?? A more peaceable person I've yet to know, and yet, somehow, even his world is struck with tragedy, with heartbreak!
 We will never know the width and height of pain that is carried by the whole world, or by any one individual other than ourselves.
To all those who ask the question as I do, go to bed tonight knowing that you are cared about more than you know, that you will get through whatever it is that you carry right now, and that to at least one person, you made a difference today!
Blessings!