IF THE ONLY PRAYER YOU SAID IN YOUR LIFE WAS "THANK YOU", THAT WOULD SUFFICE. ~Meister Eckhart

Saturday, September 26, 2009

09.26.09

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ~Booker T. Washington
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Today I am grateful...
  • that I believe I am here for a reason: to love myself and others
  • that I have learned to accept myself
  • that with self-acceptance comes self-respect
  • that what I do has an effect on others, that I am apart of other's lives and they a part of mine
  • that I have begun to trust

Did you know that the word 'share' derives from the Old English word for 'shear' which means to cut or divide? To share with others means to divide your burden. Each time you share, you leave another little piece of the weight of your burden with them. By sharing, I divide; by dividing, I lighten my load. ~Pocket Sponsor

6 comments:

Tall Kay said...

Oh those spiritual axioms...it's taken me a long time to relearn everything I had believed for such a long time. That pocket sponsor is so wise!

dAAve said...

But if I divide my load by sharing it, am I not increasing someone else's load?

Now I know what happened.

Anonymous said...

i like that quote. and i like you.

Pammie said...

I have learned to accept you as well. It was so EASY.

Findon said...

Dis you also know that when condemmed men in London were to be hanged they were made to walk behind a horse and wagon on their way tto the gallows. The hangman would ride in the wagon. To give the condemmed man courage and to dull his senses the watching crowd would ply the prisoner with alcohol, to dull his senses. To make sure that the hangman did a quick and merciful execution he was not allowed any alcohol. From this comes the saying "one for the road" a drink for the condemmed man walking on the road, and "On the Wagon" meaning abstinence for the executioner.

Syd said...

I too have begun to trust, although there are days when I wonder about whether the trust is well-placed.