Forty Love Nana » Gratitude http://www.fortylovenana.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:22:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Oriah http://www.fortylovenana.com/201001/oriah/ http://www.fortylovenana.com/201001/oriah/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:45:05 +0000 nana http://www.fortylovenana.com/?p=61 Oriah is a post from: Forty Love Nana

]]> As I have mentioned, I am creating a collection of my favorite poems, prayers, tidbits of information here and there some from others, some from me.  Several months ago I was making had lettered signs and cards and looking for sayings, etc. that appealed to me or reminded me of others and I also asked friends and family to send me their favorites from cute to crazy, zany to inspirational.  These signs were spawned by a bazaar that 2 of my friends and I were hosting to offer for sale hand created items.  The weekend was approaching for this special event and I was searching for something special to go on this painted background – an abstract white and teal, when I discovered “The singing bird.”  An ancient Chinese Proverb which instantly touched me, however, the accompanying poem written by Ms. Patricia B Clark was so moving to my heart.  A very dear person to my life gave me 

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a wonderful book which I read and study quite often and am amazed to find, time and again, a writing that just seems to fly off the page and reveal itself to me.  Such is “The Singing Bird.”  The road of our life takes many turns which lead us to places we never imagined.  Curious about the saying I googled “The Singing Bird” and discovered Oriah.  http://www.oriah.org/  From one blessing to another we move in our lives, some are shrouded in the mystery of misery and hurt, others revealed to us like a streak of sunlight through the clouds and occasionally the ones that just smack us right in the face, the heart, the soul.  Our computers give us word counters for blog sites, posts – where are our blessing counters?

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]]> I have just got to say that one of the greatest inspirations in my life is my daughter.  She encourages me so much and has re-introduced me to essential oils.  I have a gift that I do not or have not used much in my life and that has to do with healing.   Fear is my biggest enemy in this – fear of other’s opinions, rejection and failure but the biggest feat I have has to do with allowing God to use me as an instrument in the healing process.  There is so much involved in total healing.  Thanks you, Kelly, for helping me to come out of my shell and thank you, God, for using me.

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