May We Understand That Joy Is Not

O God, When I Listen To The Voices Of Animals, The Sounds Of Trees, The Murmurings Of Water, The Singing Of Birds, The Whistling Of The Wind, Or The Boom Of Thunder, I See In Them Evidence Of Your Unity; I Feel That You Are Supreme Power, Omniscience, Supreme Knowledge, And Supreme Justice. I Recognize You, O God, In The Trials I Am Going Through. May Your Pleasure Be My Pleasure, Too. May I Be Your Joy, The Joy That A Father Feels For A Son. And May I Think Of You Calmly And With Determination, Even When I Find It Hard To Say I Love You.

He Knew One Of The Women Well, And Had Shared His Universe With Her. They Had Seen The Same Mountains, And The Same Trees, Although Each Of Them Had Seem Them Differently. She Knew His Weaknesses, His Moments Of Hatred, Of Despair. Yet She Was There At His Side. They Shared The Same Universe.

We Must Never Stop Dreaming. Dreams Provide Nourishment For The Soul, Just As A Meal Does For The Body. Many Times In Our Lives We See Our Dreams Shattered And Our Desires Frustrated, But We Have To Continue Dreaming. If We Don't, Our Soul Dies, And Agape Cannot Reach It.

To Teach Is To Show What Is Possible; To Learn Is To Make Yourself Possible.

Perhaps They Needn't Even Believe - It Was Enough That They Needed Angels, And The Angels Would Return Gladly.