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[feline groovy]

Hey there, @butterfly123 babe.

Yep, I am, but just wish I liked more veggies than I do 'cause they're the healthiest food group!

Do you mean fiction or non?

And of course not; just have to remember 'em. ;-)

[mollybgood]

The Footprints prayer/poem.

[butterfly123]

@feline groovy

I like non-fiction, but I am open to fiction also. 

Surprise me! 

[GenXmuse]

This may get deleted and I understand but I saw a few other mentions of G*d. This really speaks to me. 

[wonderfulworld]

I have nothing to add except that I find it helpful to add those prayers I learned as a child, repeat, repeat and repeat.

Thank you all for this beautiful and timely thread.

[Yardlie]

I refer to this piece of prose often...even have it hanging in my home. One day I might refer to one part. Another day, another part might be helpful to me. I'm sure many of you have read it...Desiderata:

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. ~~ Max Ehrmann

[MacDUFF]

I saw the title of this thread and my first thought was...

"Your buttermilk bath is ready, Madame.  Would you like the lavender scent this evening or the green tea?"

[jaxs mom]

The Ganapati mantra ( remover of obstacles)

aum gam ganapataye namah