Knowing When It’s Time to Leave

It is 12:14 a.m.I should have been asleep an hour ago.But my new neighbors are annoying me. I snapped this photo one morning when I was returning home after walking the pooch. I’m not sure why.   So peaceful in the morning… before the kids come out. ? #Philadelphia #urbanphillymom #foundinphilly A photo posted by Taylor Gilmore (@mstaylorgilmore) on Jun …

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NOW Faith Is The Substance

  Some of the biggest lies the enemy likes to tell believers are: you don’t have (enough) faith, your faith is too small, too weak… or some variation of these. If he can trick you into entertaining any of these types of thoughts you will stumble, and the reason you will get tricked up is not because of a lack …

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Stream of Consciousness: Letting God Work

I didn’t get as much accomplished this week as I’d hoped to. I’m starting to believe my to do lists might be unrealistic and the best thing for me to do would be to learn a new behavior. Instead of feeling like a total loser and harassing myself when I don’t complete them, maybe I’ll start celebrating those things I …

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Promise

  “I cannot recall the words of my first poem, but I remember a promise I made my pen, never to leave it lying in somebody else’s blood”. ~ Audre Lorde ~ It’s been over 25 years since I read Ms Lourde’s promise to her pen. I can’t remember the exact year. What I do remember is how this promise …

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Gratitude Journal: Personal Holidays

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ~ Albert Einstein ~ Today, I am grateful for…  another year. Today is my birthday, my personal holiday. Today marks the beginning of my 58th year of miraculous moments. I’m walking into this new …

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Wordless Wednesday: Edge of the Woods

  There is a large woodland area near where I live and I like to walk my dog pass there on our daily stroll. I rarely venture in to the woods because… well, I’m just not that adventurous. We must have passed this branch hundreds of times but for some reason it seemed to demand I take a picture so …

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Today I Am …Distracted

Most of us don’t realize the value of life and what it’s really about, we’re so caught up in little distractions that are 100% meaningless. ~ Unknown ~ Today is the fourth day of the Blogging From A-to-Z  April Challenge and the letter for today is D. I’ve got nothing. Nada. Zip. My mind is on a hundred different things, …

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Quote of the Day: Cicero

When the young die I am reminded of a strong flame extinguished by a torrent; but when old men die it is as if a fire had gone out without the use of force and of its own accord, after the fuel had been consumed; and, just as apples when they are green are with difficulty plucked from the tree, …

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Reflections On Self Doubt

It is not what you are that holds you back. It’s what you think you are not. ~ Unknown ~ When the ball dropped in Times Square at midnight on New Year’s Eve, my first response was, “Thank God, that year is over!” I can’t remember ever being happier to see a year leave as I was when 2013 finally …

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