Grace

RIC_8010-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The birds know,
as we sometimes do,
that the light does not dawn
because of our singing.
We sing
because the dawn appears
as grace.

Mary Jo Leddy, Radical Gratitude

Radical Gratitude

RIC_9088-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


When we stop taking life for granted
and recognize it as a gift that is enough,
we are transformed at a deeply spiritual level of our lives. 

Mary Jo Leddy, Radical Gratitude

Being you

RIC_7581-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     I do not have to be different or better than I am to find a measure 
     of happiness and to be able to make a difference in the world.

       Mary Jo Leddy, Radical Gratitude

What We Mean

RIC_0378-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

What we say with our words is so much less important than what we mean with our lives.

Only our lives give weight to our words. 

Mary Jo Leddy, Radical Gratitude

Becoming Grateful

DSC_6919, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

My own insight is that we cannot rebuild our lives simply by constructing bigger, better, and stronger buildings.

We must begin by thinking in a more foundational way, a more radical way. We must begin by becoming grateful. 

Mary Jo Leddy, Radical Gratitude

Prayer

RIC_8335-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

O Creator of my beginning.

Bear me. 

Bear with me.

Bear me forth into this once more day –

this time of my life You have given me.

Bless me.

Mary Jo Leddy