Monday, December 14, 2015

On hate and love

Hope your weekend was good.  The weather has been mild and I have been able to meet up with a couple of friends for walks.  We have also been exchanging gifts.

I was at a dinner party this past weekend and a beautiful rose was given to each lady to take home. 



Lady Fi has a wonderful quote from Martin Luther King as her blog header.  It is so true and at Christmastime with discord in many families, something to at least think about. 

'Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King Jr.'

 Browsing through Pinterest I came upon this article with a happiness formula:  letting go + acceptance + gratitude.  Letting go involves no overthinking, just be.  Acceptance is when you are okay with things as they are, no need to have control or to try to change things.  And of course, gratitude is thankfulness for what you have.  I enjoyed the read.

10 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Love the idea of giving the ladies a rose. The quote from MLK is wonderful. Have a god start in the new week, hugs, Valerie

Kay said...

This is a wonderful quote, Christine. This is a season to think of bringing light and kindness into our world and ourselves.

Anonymous said...

The rose is such a lovely idea. That is a great quote from Martin Luther King.

Adam said...

We've had rather warm weather here for December

Anonymous said...

Good things to know at any time of the year, not only at Christmas.

Christine said...

Good point Gigi, not only at Christmas

The Happy Whisk said...

Very nice here too. Like spring.

Mark said...

Martin Luther King Jr said a lot of great things. The problem is not enough people were listening.

Lisabella Russo said...

What a beautiful rose and a wonderful quote!

Stephanie Faris said...

What a great dinner party! Very thoughtful of the host.