Grace always trumps Karma

"Grace always trumps Karma."
"Take baby steps toward the better not the worse."

~ Rev. Dr. Paul MacMurray, 1/30/11

Let me be in your healing presence

Sometimes I lie awake with negative, fearful thoughts churning me down into a whirlpool of hopelessness. The prayer that God gave me for these times is "Let me be in your healing presence." This is the simplest basic need I have, deeper than words. I need God to hold me on his lap, with his arms around me, and to let me be in his healing presence.
I pray for you that you will be in God's healing presence.

to stand by one’s child and watch his back

Taiwanese author Lung Ying-tai wrote in her book “Seeing Off” that the role of a parent is merely to stand by one’s child and watch his back as he gradually ventures afar.

http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/
helen-he-dont-demonize-chinese-mothers-545975

don't know why you needed to insult me

Bryant says, "I reply all the time by saying, 'Thank you for writing, I appreciate your opinion though I don't know why you needed to insult me.'"

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/21/
pearlman.online.civility/index.html?hpt=C2

a good heart shines bright and keeps his course truly

William Shakespeare
Henry V
Act 5, Scene 2, Page 6
King Henry V:
"A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart ... shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly. If thou would have such a one, take me."

The Imagination

"True change takes place in the imagination."

~ Thomas Moore