Father's Day and Mishmash of Stuff

Yesterday was Father's Day

and this is what I put on my Facebook wall.

That's me with my fantastic dad

who never grows old!

At 88, he still sails away into the sunset,

still researches on the internet

(now he is crazy about drones),

still thinking of starting a new business

(making Murphy beds!),

loves the water,

and loves his family!

He would do anything to help us,

big or small!

Build kitchen cabinets for my new house,

provide a magnet board for

my nephew Carlo's collection,

fix a table leg for my sister,

the list goes on......

And here's my husband Luigi

with our son Josh 

who is now 19 years old.

He's always solving our small and big

problems -even if I just frown,

he asks me what's the matter!

He always makes time for Josh,

and buys Josh whatever he needs

or doesn't need!

He makes himself available

even for our idiosyncracies.

I thank God for my dad and my husband!

I see how much I am loved

by my Father in Heaven

through the love and care I receive from

my dad and husband!

Last Saturday, I gave a Mother and

Daughter Workshop for some 

sisters in our Community.

We all had a lot of fun!

I so enjoyed sharing my love

for painting and drawing faces!

 

"Therefore my heart is glad
and my soul rejoices..."
Psalm 16:9

When we see our life through God's eyes
we will be glad and rejoice!
That's why Saint Teresa de Avila,
a Spanish Carmelite nun
was aflame with the love of God
even if she lived an austere life
and was beset by sickness
as she got older.

I always have to be reminded
not to get angry, stressed
or frustrated.
This poem which was found
in St. Teresa's prayer book
is something I want to live by:

"Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing:
God never changes.
Patience obtains everything.
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices."

"If I find favor with You O Lord, 

do come along in our company." 

Moses' prayer in Exodus 34:9

Some people don't want God 

to come along in their outings, 

in their work, wherever they are. 

They think God is a spoil sport, 

someOne who will say 'Don't do this, don't do that!' 

But in Moses' and Abraham's life, 

God was the One who pushed them 

to be greater men, 

to use the gifts and resources God lavished on them, 

who made them leaders. 

I think we should always want Him with us!

"When someone strikes you

on your right cheek,

turn the other one 

to him as well." Matthew 5:39

To forgive is really a selfish thing to do.

If we forgive we free our self

physically, mentally, spiritually

and psychologically.

The Mayo Clinic lists 6 benefits

of forgiveness, including

reducing stress, anxiety,

our blood pressure and depression.

Some say they can't forgive,

but if Corrie Ten Boom can 

forgive her captors in Ravensbruck

where she was incarcerated 

during the Holocaust,

I think we can follow her example!

 As Mahatma Gandhi once said,

forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.

But here is my favorite quote about it:

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free

and discover that 

the prisoner was you!"

 Lewis B. Smedes

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