Reclaiming Peace … ( 12 / 19 / 2010 )
Reclaiming Peace … ( 12 / 19 / 2010 )
“ To my Friend – I am your Friend and my Love for you runs deep . There is nothing I can give you that you have not already , and yet there is much , very much , that – while I cannot give It – you can receive .
No Heaven can come to us unless our Hearts find rest in today – Take Heaven ! No Peace lies in the future that is not hidden in this moment – Take Peace !
The gloom of the world is but a shadow . Behind it and within our reach is Joy . Could we but See , there is radiance and glory in the Darkness – and to See we have but to look … I beseech you to look !
Life is so generous a Giver , and yet we , so often judging its Gifts by their coverings , often cast them away as ‘ ugly ’ or ‘ heavy ’ or ‘ hard ’. Remove those coverings and you will find beneath them a Living Splendor , woven of Love , wisdom and power . Welcome it … Grasp it … Touch the Angel ’ s hand that brings it to you . Believe me , that Angel ’ s hand is there .
Those Gifts are there – as is the Wonder of their overshadowing presence … Life is so full of Meaning and Purpose ; so full of Beauty beneath Its coverings – that you will discover that Earth but cloaks your Heaven .
Courage , then , to claim It – that is all ! And yet courage you have , along with the Knowledge that we are all Pilgrims Together ; wending our ways through unknown territory – together finding our way back Home .
And so it is at this time that I greet you again ; not quite the way the world sends greetings , but rather with profound esteem – along with a prayer that for now and forevermore , the day breaks for you , and the shadows flee away .” ~ inspired by Fra Giovanni Giocondo
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