Reflecting Light (Haiku Series #343)

Precious Retreat

Scripture’s rendezvous

Morning peace at last arrives—

Forgiving grace brewed

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This Moment

Remember always

Today learned from yesterday—

Tomorrow’s wings wait

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Just Friends

Slow brewed with freshness

Confidence fills every cup—

Joy’s interactions

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Journey’s Beginnings (Haiku Series #339)

Witnessing

Welcome blessed child

May you taste world’s endless gifts—

Vision awakens

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Trusting

Eyes find breath of peace

Embracing each precious day—

Experience counts

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Growing

Remembering youth

Innocent times of learning—

Treasures of friendship

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Georgia O’Keeffe Quotes

Example of O’Keeffe’s painting style. (Courtesy of Pinterest)

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for a moment.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small.  We haven’t time, and to see takes time–like to have a friend takes time.

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was an American modernist painter whose career spanned seven decades.  She was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

Filling Each Heart (Haiku Series #325)

Consistency

Life’s joyful journey

Relationships built on grace—

Friendship’s steady rock

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Cooperation

Loyalty in friends

Reaching each summit as one—

Sticking together

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Confidence

Navigating storms

Guided by trust among friends—

Nourishing each soul

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Helen Steiner Rice Quotes

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Friendship is a golden chain, the links are friends so dear.

Time is not measured by the years that you live, but by the deeds that you do and the joy that you give.

Helen Steiner Rice (1900-1981) was an American writer who specialized in Christian and inspirational poetry.

Journey’s Buoyancy (Haiku Series #293)

Intrigue

Living mystery

Breathing with hidden omens—

Tomorrow arrives

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Perseverance

Another challenge

Hesitating once again—

Courage rises up

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Trustworthy

Seeking safe harbor

Overwhelmed with life’s darkness—

Friendship’s wisdom docks

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Jesse Owens Quotes

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Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition.  Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals.  The struggles within yourself–the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us–that’s where it’s at.

Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an American track and field athlete.  During the 1936 summer Olympics, he became the first athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad.

Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.  I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours.

Hold fast to the Bible.  To the influence of this Book we are indebted.

Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was the 18th President of the United States.

Counting Each Blessing (Haiku Series #276)

Tranquility’s Encampment

Spending time at home

Relaxing bounty of peace—

Worldly noise can wait

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Fruitful Labors

Seeding with patience

Harvest’s bounty shall come forth—

First blossom appears

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Finally Together

Praising second chance

Bountiful reconnection—

Restoring friendship

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Charles Swindoll Quote

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If I have learned anything during my journey on Planet Earth, it is that people need one another.

From Proverbs 27:9:  “Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel.”