I have been thinking about grace....

Sometimes our daily struggles 
take over our lives.
"Enough!!!"
we say.
"Enough!!!"
And then we learn something
life altering.

Yup.
It happened.

Try to keep your soul always in peace and quiet, always ready for whatever our Lord may wish to work in you. It is certainly a higher virtue of the soul, and a greater grace, to be able to enjoy the Lord in different times and different places than in only one.

Saint Ignatius

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.... accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.... 

~Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

I have stopped.
I don't want anything anymore,
other than God's will.
I have been stripped of the
'froo froo' 
in my existence.
I ponder the stripping down of my 
possessions....
my pursuits....
my purpose.

And so, 
'Simple Virtues'
is a taking a turn towards
who I am, who I have become, 
and 
who I strive to be.
I continue to be obnoxiously cheerful
and optimistic.
; )
So there will still be alot of that.
Meanwhile, I will share my life in the raw,
if I can handle it!
And....
my love for you.
Cuz I do...
Love you.
It is true. 
And that's no 
froo.
(froo....)
Sending happy thoughts your way,
mon petite chou-chous.

xoxoxox