There is a candle in every soul...so carry your candle, run to the darkness. Seek out the hopeless, confused and torn; hold out your candle for all to see it. Take your candle, and go light your world (Kathy Troccoli)

Quotes From Here and There

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~ Viktor E. Frankl

Nobody knows Me Like You

(my all-time favourite song, by Benny Hester)
(You can Hear it here)

In the beginning I never knew
Just how much I really needed You
More than a friend, someone I could talk to
You’ve changed me in so many ways.

chorus:
Nobody knows me like You
You put Your arms around me
You bring me through
And there's many times I don’t know what to do
Though some know me well
Still nobody knows me like You

All of my secrets to You I tell
You saw each time that I slipped and fell
And all of my faults yes, You know them well
But You’ve never turned me away, no, no, no

(chorus)

Walkin’ in your presence is where I wanna be
You said in Your Word, You said that You would lead me
Yes I love You, oh, I really love You
I’II go anywhere
As long as I know you’ll be there

All of those nights that I was afraid
I stood on the promises You have made
The way that I act sometimes l am ashamed
But You’ve never turned me away, no, no, no

Hear it here

Flavia

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.”   Flavia

 "When life unravels new and unforseen challenges, know that there is always a positive twist to a negative situation." -Flávia Woiski Lourenço

Kindness

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. - Theodore Isaac Rubin (thanks Ruth)

 I give, not because I have much, but because I remember how it feels to have nothing at all.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.  ~Robert Brault

 Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you - not because they are nice, but because you are.  ~Author Unknown

 The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.  ~Charles Kuralt, On the Road With Charles Kuralt