Pamela Leavey

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Daily Affirmations: To Be Empowered

To Be Empowered – I recognize that I Am Abundant. That I have great love in my life, that I have great joy in my life, that I have everything I need in my life. To Be Empowered, I trust the Universe to provide. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

Sea Terns & Sea Gull ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2013
Sea Terns & Sea Gull ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2013

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Reflections: Nothing In The World is Permanent

This quote caught my eye earlier today…

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy. ~~ W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge, 1943

Reflecting on the subject of taking delight in something “while we have it,” I think back to times of great joy. We know instinctively in the midst of sheer joy, that that joy will not last forever, but we still revel in it while it is happening.

And then, is that joy not our solace, when we slip down into a period of the dark nights of soul. It is there, lost in the dark nights of soul, that we reflect deepest sometimes. And that reflection at first can appear messy, like the reflection of the clouds amidst the winter trees in the marshes.

Difficult as the path may seem, it is taking the journey through the dark nights of the soul that clears our hearts and allows us to find strength in the notion that “nothing in the world is permanent.”

(Photo: Reflection In Hellcat Swamp ~~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011)

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Daily Affirmation: To Be Empowered

“To Be Empowered – I recognize that I Am Abundant. That I have great love in my life, that I have great joy in my life, that I have everything I need in my life. To Be Empowered, I trust the Universe to provide.” ~~ Pamela J. Leavey

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