Good Evening, Everyone, I hope your day was filled with many, many blessings. If you don't think you received any, think again....you are reading this post.

At the conclusion of the Mass in which I got ashes today, the lady standing next to me in our pew made a point of coming close to me smiling to wish me a good day. I reached out, hugged her, and told her, "Have a blessed and beautiful week , Sister." I was blessed because she enabled me to wish her a blessing. My only regret was in not saying "My Sister" because that is what she is for me under God. Next time, there will be no hesitation. As I walk my path, I understand more and more what I am to others and others are to me. In the past, I would NEVER have called anyone my sister, but my blood sister or my brother, but my blood brother.

I love going to my bible study class. Every time we meet, I gain new insight in my walk with God. The bottom line of our discussion today was gaining a box of tools that help us handle life's ups and downs. We get these tools from the lessons we learn along life's way.

Sometimes our tool boxes contain tools that may not help us such as anger, jealousy, venomous attitudes, stinginess, etc. On the other hand, many of us have tools of compassion, good will, patience, mercy, etc. In some instances we have a tool box with both sets of tools. Some that serve us and God's will and some that hinder us and are not particularly liked by God.

I have resolved to list the tools in my box with as much honesty as I can. Both good and bad, I want to know what I carry with me into every situation in which I find myself. In so doing, I hope that I will depend on the ones I need to maintain a positive, peaceful attitude in all situations and throw out the ones that will only bring negative vibrations in my life.

By the way, we didn't ask for a tool box. Life gave it to us.

Have you taken a moment to give thanks to your Higher Power today?

I thank God:
- for the lady in church this morning
- for my wonderful members of my Bible study class
- for the wonderful minister that leads my Bible study class
- for my father's rosary
- for YouVersion
- for spiritual insights
- for my wonderful sisters in God that I have met on DC
- for not forgetting about me

"If we only have the will to walk, then God is
pleased with our stumbles."
C.S. Lewis

"A little faith will bring your soul to heaven ,
but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your
soul."
Dwight L. Moody

[I couldn't make up my mind, so I posted both :-)]