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My Birthday & How I Do not Intend to Age Gracefully

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As of late’s my birthday, and I’ve been thinking about how I would really like my existence to really feel within the coming yr. Inevitably my ideas flip to want. What do I wish to know, turn into, give, and obtain?

My Birthday & Ideas on Grace

In previous years I used to be excited by concepts about growing older gracefully.

Placing it into follow used to be arduous.

As of late, the present of growing older WITH GRACE charms me extra.

Snowy trees in my winter yard in Northern Illinois - Hello Lovely Studio.

It’s crucial shift from efficiency to consciousness. Will have to growing older be any other efficiency or adventure the place I wish to be certain that I’m getting it proper or modeling it neatly?

Snowy exterior of our cozy home in winter - Hello Lovely Studio.
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Or can growing older be a call for participation to note Grace maintaining me and also you as all issues go away?

Snowy trees in my winter yard in Northern Illinois - Hello Lovely Studio.

Grace overlaying, befriending, flowing, rising, renewing, strengthening, comforting, lifting, and feeding me as I mature and bodily decelerate.

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Growing older gracefully implies there’s a technique to get it incorrect. Are ungraceful trips much less sacred? Are chapters with stumbling and doubt “ungraceful growing older fails?”

Snowy trees in my winter yard in Northern Illinois - Hello Lovely Studio.

As a result of I’m considering chucking up the sponge of that pageant.

My vintage white piano decorated for Christmas and snow outside the arched window in the music room - Hello Lovely Studio.

Instances are laborious, and new cares spring up always. GRACE stays.

Belgian linen sofa in our living room at the Georgian. Walls painted SW Repose Gray. Abstract on wood by Michele, Hello Lovely Studio.

One thing past me, inside of me, swirling round and retaining me because the years go. Possibly you title it Emmanuel. A radiant gaze. Or perhaps you realize it as a benevolent universe.

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For me, Grace looks like unconditional prefer from “Father” or “Mama.”

Barn cat with wounded eye at Creekside Trading in Leiper's Fork, TN - Hello Lovely Studio.
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Is such an concept of growing older with Grace merely a coping mechanism to bear loss? I don’t assume so.

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In occasions of deep want or struggling, it’s certainly transferring in spite of my wavering: religion, strength of will, obedience, and coping abilities.

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Grace strikes with me in messy occasions, on the finish of my private sources, when my imaginative and prescient is blurred.

Pet portrait of Jayda by Michele of Hello Lovely Studio. #shihtzus

Grace comes as wind or peace or miracle, turning the bottom holy. New eyes are given. What used to be misplaced is located. Some way during the desolate tract seems.

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That is GRACE, a hairy angel rescued via my oldsters

Growing older with Grace approach there’s no successful or shedding; no transaction in any respect.

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No self-consciousness about the place I land at the spectrum of gracefulness any given day.

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Growing older with Grace is a call for participation to turn into conscious we want by no means be lonely once more.

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What a blessing when the reality of the ones phrases penetrate the soul.

Ugg tall boots in Hello Lovely's fall bedroom with Zuma Zum ocean area rug (Amber Lewis x Loloi).

Thanks for visiting on a daily basis and studying those ideas that rise up.

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If you’re suffering with problems associated with growing older, I honor your adventure and pray contemporary mercies will arrive at your door.

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We in point of fact are in all of this in combination.

Richard Rohr quote about contemplative mind and presence. #contemplativechristianity #spiritualjourneyquotes

Birthday Treats I’m Sharing With the Magnificence

Macarons!

I really like them and cause them to now and again, however they’re an intermediate baking process!

Right here’s an incredible educational:

Peace to you proper the place you’re.

-michele

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