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(I just found this on Anita’s computer dated 4/26/09. I’m sure she was reading this to reinforce her lessons on acceptance. However, it is from an article about overcoming grief – link at the bottom. Reading this made me shiver.) 2) ACCEPT THE SITUATION To be an effectively present force in my children’s lives. To live freely, provide financially, and empower others to do the same. Accept responsibility for the power within me to help other people. Focus on creating value and generating income. Sales before investment. Always be marketing. These were written on index cards and taped to Anita’s bathroom mirror circa [...] When I said, “My foot is slipping,” This verse was in a book about grief recovery and it got me to thinking. What if I trust in God but don’t feel secure? What if I pray and don’t [...] (Author: unknown. You might have seen this one posted in a blog or received it by email. Anita felt it was powerful enough to save a copy in Word.) Pearls Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty, five year old girl. One day when she It’s never too late… to find old friends They’re like gems. “The best mirror is an old friend.” – Proverb A couple weeks ago I bought this book, “It’s Never Too Late” by Patrick Lindsay. It has a bunch of what [...] Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. I have a little card with this verse on it on the driver side visor of my van. It reminds me of this great Post-it note Anita kept on her computer for a long time: Trust deeply that God [...] Digging through a box in her office, I found an old wall post. The way to happiness: keep your heart from from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a [...] Anita and I had what I would call a quiet faith. We did not belong to a church and, although we talked about faith, Christ and God ad nauseum, we rarely spoke of those things to other people. So, upon Anita’s death, I find that God is using this situation to task me with two things. [...] Anita was not really a yoga practitioner, but she liked Rodney Yee. I started doing yoga in 1999 (not so much recently) and Yee soon became my favorite yogi. For those who don’t know him, he is a slight Asian man, a former dancer, with an amazing philosophy of life. Anita had dome some yoga videos [...] A few days ago I finished reading “A Grief Observed”, C.S. Lewis’ journal that he kept immediately after the death of his wife. One of the things that first struck me was from the Foreward by Madeleine L’Engle. …when two people marry, each one has to accept that one of them will die before the other. Wow, [...] |
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