“I do not understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.” ~Anne Lamott In Traverse City / Cindy La Ferle

“Each experience in your life was absolutely necessary in order to have gotten you to the next place, and the next place, right up to this very moment.” ~Wayne Dyer Pausing in the moment / Cindy La Ferle It’s hard to believe that today is the first of November already. Last night, a friend and I were remarking how quickly time evaporates as we get older. How is it possible that more than 30 years have passed since we met? Are we really old enough to retire? It’s so important to savor even the most ordinary moments before they too become history. Looking out at my frostbitten garden this morning, now…

“Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there’s no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”  ~Laini Taylor CINDY LA FERLE

“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.” ~Maya Angelou Coco  / Cindy La Ferle