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Search the Sky
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Search the Sky,” by Sloan Wainwright: “Search the sky for that star, star of light, star of love – bright enough to guide believers from afar, seeking their rumored newborn King. And when we wish upon it, we wish for our only gift, peace around our troubled world, peace within ourselves. Search the face of the child,…
Quiet Season
Leddy Hammock Inspired by “A Quiet Christmas” by Michael Gott: My heart longs for a quiet Christmas, far from the hurry and the noise, for peace on earth meets peace of mind. I can slow my mind. Just breathe, don’t run away, just breathe, and leave the cares behind. I know I don’t have to hide. I can find a quiet place inside. My heart longs for a…
Still Yourself
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “Still Yourself” by Richard Mekdeci: “Your path is true. There’s a guiding light that shines inside of you.” “Still yourself. Still yourself. In the silence you will find your way.” “Still yourself. Still yourself. Still yourself and heal yourself. The strength you seek is just a breath…
Saying Grace
Leddy Hammock Inspired by “I Made Room for Grace” by Sue Riley): When I stumble, I won’t be defeated, since I make room for grace. I stop resisting. I make room for grace. I just step aside, open up a space, and make room for grace. Now the blessings arrive every day, since I made room for grace. A Unity Thanksgiving table blessing: “Thank You for…
Uncommon Sense
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “If I Were Brave” by Jana Stanfield: I refuse to listen to the voice of fear. So, the voice of courage whispers in my ear: “You cannot fail.” And the wind always fills up my sail. Like the mighty oak sleeps in the heart of the seed, there are miracles in you and me. I am brave enough to move ahead, where true…
Forgettery
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “What I Hold Onto” by Sue Riley & Melinda Wood Allen “With the hard-earned wisdom I have now, I wouldn’t do again what my old self would allow. Letting go of all the blame and heartache, now I see. I’m getting closer to a new, more peaceful me. I’m holding on to what I want to keep. I feel…
Breaking Spells
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Steve Gillette in “A Little Bit of Solitude” — Thank You, God, for the patience to stand back and be kind. I keep my mind and heart always open to a sense of wonder. I know there’s no such thing as falling under one “spell” or another. We know we’re getting closer to a far better place, and we know…
Making the Grade
Leddy Hammock There is a lesson to be learned in every experience. Every lesson is worthwhile and we teach as we learn. Whatever we go through, it's what we grow through that counts. Life is a school. What we used to call "problems" we now call "projects." The inner Teacher sends a message: peace and harmony.
Easy Decisions
Leddy Hammock “Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet” — “The Higher Pantheism” a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson “All I ever wanted and all I ever needed was already there. Closer than the sunlight, nearer than the air.” – “Nearer than the…
Changing Other People
Leddy Hammock From lyrics to “What Needs Changing in the World” by Freebo: “What needs changing in the world, maybe it could be the way I’d like it to be: No more fighting in the neighborhood, hearts united for the sake of good, No more hunger and no more greed. Everybody’s rich, happy and free.” “What can I do to…
Off the Deep End
Leddy Hammock From lyrics by Karen Drucker – “Let Go of the Shore” — “Let go of the shore, and let the water carry you. Let go of the shore. Float into the mystery . . . . You have all you need. It’s all inside of you. Just close your eyes and breathe, and know that you are safe. Let go of the shore and let the water carry you. Let go of the shore.…
Love Draws a Circle
Leddy Hammock Inspired by “The Infinite Surface of the Heart” by Sloan Waiwright, Sue Riley, & David Roth “Ever expanding, endless canvass, the infinite surface of the heart.” There is more than enough room in the circle of my heart for forgiveness, acceptance, and love. There is more than enough room in the circle of my heart for the flowing…
Love Shows Up
Leddy Hammock Inspired by “Show Up” by Richard Mekdeci, Glen Roethel, and Claudia Carawan: I want to show up as love, hold the door open for everyone, fill the room below to above. I want to show up as love.”I want to show up as peace, see no brother as the least, listen more than I speak. I want to show up as love. I want to show up as peace. I’m…
The Whole Truth
Leddy Hammock From “The Whole in the Part” in Celebrate Yourself! by Eric Butterworth: “You live in the universe and you are a part within the whole. . . . the whole of things is also within you, and there can never be a separation.’” “Wherever Spirit is at all, the whole of Spirit must be. And because God or Spirit is omnipresent, the whole…
Masterpiece
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to Karen Taylor Good’s “Work of Art” — “I know somewhere, not so deep inside of me, lives that perfect soul that I was meant to be.” My life is a labor of love as I work at learning self-worth and unconditional love of others. Fear and doubt fade away as my true self emerges. “Let me be the way I was…
What You Can Do
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics to “I Can Do what I Can Do” by Sue Riley, Gary Lynn Floyd, and Richard Mekdeci: Look around, what do I see? Good or bad, it’s up to me. My world reflects what I believe, Here’s what I believe: I know there’s good in everyone, I feel/know the best is yet to come. I want to love like crazy, shine like gold, be…
Prayer that Never Fails
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Susan Clark to “Pray” ? I pray about those who have stumbled, who seem to have lost their way. I pray that they are finding their path to a brighter day. There are no magic words for me to say. I don’t even have to open my mouth, for God hears me, anyway. I know that God forgives me, as I forgive those who…
Guidance System
Leddy Hammock Inspired by lyrics by Jana Stanfield to “Let Your Life Lead You”: I trust my inner guidance, for my heart knows its way. There’s a current, I know, that knows where to go to carry me to peace of mind. I relax and let the river flow. I let life teach what I need to know. I let my life lead me where I need to go.
Voice of Silence
Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “In the Silence” by Jack Fowler ? “In the silence, there is peace. In the silence, there is unspoken joy. In the silence, there’s release from a world full of chaos and noise. So I wait for these precious moments when I hear all that could never be said. And right here, in this holy silence, I find God, I find myself.”
Expect the Best – Leddy Hammock
Leddy Hammock Lyrics to “Expect the Best” by Richard Mekdeci: “I know that I’m loved, right where I stand, I know I’m enough, just as I am. All that I want, all I desire, is now waiting here for me. The universe conspires to insure my happiness, so, I expect the best. I know that I’m loved, right where I stand, I know I’m enough,…