Category: holidays
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Good things in the world
“So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world,” Vincent van Gogh once said.
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Happy Fourth of July!
Here are the words by Emma Lazarus on the Statue of Liberty. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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Buy some spring flowers
I am buying spring flowers—in honor of the new season—probably daffodils if I can find them. My mother loved daffodils. And, in Texas, thanks to Lady Bird Johnson, I’m sure I will see some wildflowers—probably bluebonnets. As Sheryl Crow once said, “No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle…
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Happy spring!
Wishing you a spring filled with hope. “The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day she created spring.”—Bernard Williams (edited)
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Wishing you a happy day—and sending you an Irish blessing! “May your paths bloom with shamrocks, and your heart ring with songs, and the sky smile with bright sunshine all this happy day long.”
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A year of happy surprises
“Each new year is a surprise to us,” Henry David Thoreau once wrote. We hope your year is full of happy surprises!
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Keeping the spirit of Christmas
At the end of “The Christmas Carol,” Scrooge promises, “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” I am going to make the same promise—to strive to live with the spirit of Christmas, with more love and peace, all year long. –Joy
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Good will toward men—and women
Glory to God in the highest, and, on earth, peace, good will toward men—and women. And all people! Luke 2:14
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Joy and peace
May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace. –Romans 15:13