Friday, February 22, 2013

Celebrate the Sacred in the ordinary

“Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday. Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past go.
 
A simply abundant world awaits.”
 
 
“Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments.
 
You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.”
 

 
“Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest.”
 
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“Celebrate the Sacred in the ordinary.”
 
 
“It doesn’t matter where you move from or to, you always take yourself with you. If you don’t know who you are, or if you’ve forgotten or misplaced her, then you’ll always feel as if you don’t belong. Anywhere. ”
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“Always remember that striving and struggling precede success, even in the dictionary.”
 
“Success in life is not how well we execute Plan A; it's how smoothly we cope with Plan B.”
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“Usually, when the distractions of daily life deplete our energy, the first thing we eliminate is the thing we need the most: quiet, reflective time. Time to dream, time to contemplate what's working and what's not, so that we can make changes for the better. ”
 
What we say to others – and ourselves – must be kind and uplifting.
“Words are sacred, and must be spoken with care, and by constraint of the Spirit.”
“For in many things we offend all.  But if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man,
 and also able to bridle the whole body.”
Jeffrey R. Holland
 
“Speak hopefully.  Speak encouragingly, including about yourself.”
Hilary Weeks
 
 
“Remember, no matter what life throws at us, we can always bake a cake!”
 
Sarah Breathnach~ Simple Abundance
 

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan or line a muffin pan with paper liners.
2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven. For cupcakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch.

 
 
 

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