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COMPASSION—it’s LOVE in ACTION… ~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author
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May all of your days be filled with wonders! ~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author http://www.4writersandreaders.com
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In the long…
Kindness counts… ~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author http://www.4writersandreaders.com
It is the…
Get inspired by nature! ~ Bette A. Stevens, Maine author/illustrator http://www.4writersandreaders.com
**Photo by Mandy Disher; text added by NatalieIf we could…
Just imagine…
KINDNESS. Throw it around like confetti. It’s contagious! ~ Bette A. Stevens, Maine author http://www.4writersandreaders.com
1183. A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. ~Jackie Robinson
Kindness counts and compassion is a beautiful thing… ~ Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreaders.com
The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable,
to be compassionate,
to have it make some difference
that
you have lived and lived well.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10 ✝
**Image found on Pinterest; text added by Natalie
A child is…
“Protect them, encourage them, love them… Children are like butterflies!” ~ Bette A. Stevens, Maine author/illustrator http://www.4writersandreaders.com
1091. Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ~Desmond Tutu
“Hope is a thing with feathers that perches on the soul…” one of my favorite lines from Emily Dickinson ~ Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreaders.com
We must accept finite disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
~Emily Dickinson
It has been my privilege to meet some incredible people through my blog. They are people I never knew to ask God for, but He has given them to me anyway. When I asked Him why He blessed me with their presence in my life, He let me know that it’s because they can fill my life in ways that no one else can. And it’s true…
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1059. Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. ~Rumi
Grateful! ~ Bette A. Stevens, http://www.4writersandreaders.com
The Gift
Be still, my soul, and steadfast.
Earth and heaven both are still watching
though time is draining from the clock
and your walk, that was confident and quick,
has become slow.
So, be slow if you must, but let
the heart still play its true part.
Love still as once you loved, deeply
and without patience. Let God and the world
know you are grateful.
That the gift has been given.
~Mary Oliver
Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp. ~Psalm 147:7 ✝
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1044. As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come. ~Earnest Hemingway
Singing along… ~ Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreadres.com
The birds they sing at break of day,
“Start again…” I hear them say.
~Leonard Cohen
Nourish beginnings,
let us nourish beginnings.
Not all things are blest,
but the seeds of all things are blest.
The blessing is in the seed.
~Muriel Rukeyser
Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. ~John 12:24 ✝
**Image of European robin via Pinterest
Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
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on 01/03/2018