Tag: Mark Twain

My Abundant Life 7-31-26

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July 31st, 2026

Desire, Ask, Believe, Receive

“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.”

Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (Danish Author; April 17th, 1885 to September 7th, 1962)

“Are you a worrier? We all are to a certain extent, but some of us are more pessimistic than others, and when we worry, it’s always the worst possible thing that comes first to mind. Worrying is a great thief of time.”

“Often when we stew, we think that we’re doing something positive about the problem; at least we’re thinking about it. Instead, we’ve set off an escalating spiral that can ruin an entire day–for ourselves and those in our vicinity.”

“I learned that simply to ask a blessing upon one’s circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap some mysterious source of energy and joy. …I came upon one of the most ancient and universal truths–that to affirm and to claim God’s help even before it is given, is to receive it.”

Marjorie Holmes (American Columnist; 1910 to March 13th, 2002)

“Lift up your worries and ask for grace to get through the rest of the day. There is an abundance of amazing grace available to all of us if we simply learn to ask for it.”

“Desire, Ask, Believe, Receive.”

Stella Terrill Mann (American Lecturer & Author; 1898 to 1990)

“I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.”

Mark Twain (Writer; November 30th, 1835 to April 21st, 1910)

“Worrying about the future robs you of the present moment.”

“I’m not going to think about this right now, I’ll think about this tomorrow, After all, tomorrow is another day.”

Scarlett O’Hara (Fictional Character; the complex, headstrong protagonist of Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel Gone with the Wind)

Joyful Simplicities for July

“Declare your personal independence: choose to live authentically as a dreamer, not an ‘expector.'”

“If you worry you still are going to eventually die. If you don’t worry, you still will eventually die. So why worry?”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 277 to 278 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.

My Abundant Life 5-22-26

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May 22nd, 2026

The Home of Your Dreams

“If I were to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say; the house shelters daydreaming.”

Gaston Bachelard (French Philosopher; June 27th, 1884 to October 16th, 1962)

“It takes literally years to birth a dream, whether it’s a family, a career, a home, or a lifestyle. Dreams exact a price.”

“Take what you want, say the good God, but be prepared to pay for it.”

ancient proverb

“Dreams cost money, sweat, frustration, tears, courage, choices, perseverance, and extraordinary patience. But birthing a dream requires one more thing. Love. Only love can transform a houseful of needy, self-centered individuals into a loving, close-knit family, a passion into a livelihood, or a mere dwelling into a home that perfectly expresses your authenticity.”

“…it had a heart and soul, and eyes to see with; and approvals and solicitudes and deep sympathies; it was us, and we were in its confidence and lived in its grace and in the peace of its benedictions. We never came home from an absence that its face did not light up and speak out in eloquent welcome—and we could not enter it unmoved.”

Samuel Clemens “Mark Twain” (American Writer & Humorist; November 20th, 1885 to April 21st, 1910)

I dwell in possibility.”

Emily Dickinson (American Poet; December 10th, 1830 to May 15th, 1886)

“No matter where I have dwelled, I have taken pride in making it a sanctuary and home haven to gently hug the one inside with love, warmth a coziness.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 170 to 171 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.