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“Write about what you know, he kept saying. It is only fools that think it is more imaginative for an artist to describe things. he has never seen that things he has seen. The imagination, the vision of the true writer lies in the freshness with which he sees, and his power in the faithfulness, which which he presents.”

If I learn to accept the changes that come, but Center my spirit in what is eternal, I shall Weather any number of storms. What never changes is love, and the meaning I give to it. It is the sun. It is beautiful at sunrise and at sunset as well as at high noon. It endures. Storms may obscure it, but the sun is still there.

“A stranger preached in our church this evening, he left us with three extracts from his sermon.

1-A sleeping Savior is often in the company of a stormy sea.
2-A trembling sinner needs a triumphant Savior. 3-Tis worthwhile losing the mast, to find the Master.

Second book in the trilogy of the Dering family.

September is such a lovely month except for one thing. It is the time to buy fall clothes. I wish I were the kind of woman who enjoyed buying clothes. I never seem to have a complete costume of any kind, but then two, I am never the same size for three weeks in succession. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It is good for us, I think to keep as much joy in life as we can. We busy ourselves with so many things that are not of the heart and spirit. We worry about money, we agonizing over the terrible state of the world, we fret at household duties or business Meetings, we work, we argue, we squander our strength in 1 million ways.

Shakespeare quote, “my age is as a lusty window, frosty, but kindly”

Shakespeare knew… age was beautiful and calm, for the season quiet when the winds give over. Age is done with passions and discontent and strivings. …..

It wasn’t sad to be old, Jean told herself, for as the physical sight dims, the soul sees more clearly and the light from the world to come illumines the last dark bit of the way.

“The most difficult thing in the world to be wisely charitable. You will never remove mountains. If you could smooth a step here and there for people and make your small corner of the world as pleasant as possible you do very well.”