THAT is what life is all about for me ♥

Giving is receiving –

#confession – something no1 knows about me. This is my favorite prayer ♥

“May it be, oh Lord, That I seek not so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. Because it is in giving oneself that one receives; it is in forgetting oneself that one is found; it is in pardoning that one obtains pardon.”

—   St. Francis of Assisi

~ And the one used at my husband’s funeral home service. Thank God for his brother Bob, because I was too much of a mess to handle it. We lost a GOOD man that day (& husband, father, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin & friend).
And….is it just me or do they share a resemblance?

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Here is a link to a highly recommended blog post. AWESOME ♥
http://te-deum.blogspot.com/2011/10/st-francis-of-assisi-and-lesson-about.html?m=1

Note- above photo of Larry was on our farm/stables…
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just sayin ♡

Photos that come to my mind when thinking on title of this post.
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This is a rough draft;; my thoughts, ideas, opinions, theories & philosophical views.
I have a lot of photos to add. Quotes and/or prayers I choose to post here…are not simply tossed in because it sounds good, or for what any1 else thinks, or light heartedly. No, they’re words I feel strongly about. Very much so…strongly, firmly and honestly.

“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” – Albert Einstein

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When you learn, teach. When you get, give.
– Maya Angelo
this one reminds me of another that goes hand in hand. I can’t remember who said it but it was “if you’re on the cover of Forbes magazine, you haven’t given enough”…
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“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” ― Mother Teresa
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. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” ― Charles Dickens
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 “I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.” ― Mother Teresa 
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“I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.” ― Kahlil Gibran
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“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.” ― Mary Anne Radmacher 

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“One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.” ― George Eliot
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