No one with Alicia Keys
When we know what we want and who we are it doesn´t matter what anyone else thinks or says. I am sure now of what is most important in life and I will do what it takes to get on with it. So, with a great deal of love and a lot of respect for those who love and support us, it is time to go on with our lives and live them to the fullest!
May you do the same!
Love,
Anna*
Labor of love
Under den här veckan kommer jag att lägga in de låtar som berört mig mycket i anslutning till julevangeliet. Innebörden för människorna och mest Jesu mamma. Må dessa välsigna dig på ett alldeles särskilt sätt under helgerna!
Rik välsignelse,
Anna*
Melanie Thornton – Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)
Love peace hope joy and it is all in a coca-cola commercial!
Bless you!
Anna*
Snacka om läckert — Cool dance!
Look at this really cool dance by Bounce.
How surprised would you be if a whole section in the audience would start dancing like this?
I know I would!
Bless you,
Anna*
Someone to watch over me
Nostalgi … men ändå är det en grundläggande underbar känsla att veta att det finns någon som har omsorgen om oss, som ser på oss med milda ögon, som kämpar för oss, vakar över oss och bara vill oss väl.
Det är en vacker sång sjungen med känsla.
Håll tillgodo!
Anna*
Touched my heart
This is a page on FB that made me cry. Just wanted to share it with you. Blessings, Anna*
Doing things heartily
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23, 24
1 – First Important Lesson – Cleaning Lady
During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one:
“What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?”
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name?
I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.
“Absolutely,” said the professor. “In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello.”
I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.
2 – Second Important Lesson – Pickup in the Rain
One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The MN took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.
She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached..It read: “Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband’s bedside just before he passed away… God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.”
Sincerely,Mrs. Nat King Cole.
3 – Third Important Lesson – Always remember those who serve
In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.
“How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. “Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.
“Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired.
By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient.
“Thirty-five cents,” she brusquely replied
The little boy again counted his coins.
“I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said.
The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies..You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.
4 – Fourth Important Lesson – The obstacle in Our Path
In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand!
Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.
5 – Fifth Important Lesson – Giving When it Counts
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.
I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes I’ll do it, if it will save her.” As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheeks. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.
“Work like you don’t need the money, Love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody’s watching.” ~ by Josephin
Written on FB by Jesu David Das
Come what may
Äkta kärlek ger allt för evigt. Äkta kärlek är varsam och mild. Då är det inte alls svårt att älska den andre ända till tidens slut. Sådan är Gud. Sådan vill han också att vi ska vara.
Oavsett vad som sker så står de som älskar varandra sida vid sida och strider, leker och delar allt. Det som handlar om den andres integritet delas inte med någon. Gud är noggrann med det. Han är en fullständig gentleman som inte tränger sig på eller tvingar någon till något. Han förnedrar oss aldrig inför andra. Det är riktigt gott att veta.
Come what may I will love you until my dying day!
… och visst har vi en urtjusig kronprincessa som gift sig – jag blir fortfarande rörd!
Bless you,
Anna*
I’ve got news for you
Alla möter svårigheter och alla behöver bli älskade och känna sig delaktiga. Vi människor har fler likheter än olikheter och det viktiga är att vi möts i det gemensamma och tillåter olikheterna. De berikar och öppnar upp för nya dimensioner och ger möjligheter som är makalösa om vi vågar släppa fram det unika i oss själva och i andra utan att döma eller värdera. Det som är sant för dig är sant för dig men kanske inte för mig. Det som är sant för mig är det – för mig, men kanske inte för dig. Ändå kan både min sanning och din sanning passa in i det stora pusslet som Gud har med den oomtvistliga sanningen. Han som har skapat både dig och mig vet vad som händer och leder oss båda rätt.
Jag älskar tonen som Andrew Peterson har. Värmen sprider sig igenom orden och jag kommer att bjuda på fler videosånger med honom framöver.
Allt gott önskar jag och tag väl hand om dig,
Anna*
Quotes about life + Önskan av Karin Boye
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love – Sophocles
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Experience is how life catches up with us and teaches us to love and forgive each other – Judy Collins
Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live – Dorothy Thompson
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? – Vincent van Gogh
Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow – Dorothy Thompson
When I hear somebody sigh -Life is tough! I am always tempted to ask, – Compared to what? – Sydney J. Harris
It is worthwhile to live and fight courageously for sacred ideals – Norbert Capek
Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope – Tom Head
Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die – Amelia Burr
Without a goal and some effort to reach it, no one can live – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it – Elizabeth Drew
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering – Henri Frederic Amiel
My candle burns at both its ends. It will not last the night. But oh, my foes, and oh, my friends. It gives a lovely light – Edna St. Vincent Millay
There is no shortcut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation and veneer isn’t worth anything – George Washington Carver
The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself – Anais Nin
We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do – Evelyn Underhill
An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer – Sarah Ban Breathnach
There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened – Mark Twain
Life is just a chance to grow a soul – A. Powell Davies
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood – Marie Curie
The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started – Norman Cousins
Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich – Sarah Bernhardt
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well – Diane Ackerman
Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy and a tragedy – Mark Twain
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them – John F. Kennedy
It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read – Thomas Jefferson
Lord, let me live until I die – Will Rogers
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans – John Lennon
Life has got to be lived, that’s all there is to it – Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember that no man loses any other life than this which he now lives, nor lives any other than this which he now loses – Marcus Aurelius
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures – Thornton Wilder
And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years – Abraham Lincoln
Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by its breathtaking moments – Michael Vance
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than deat – James F. Bymes
Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be – Grandma Moses
A useless life is an early death – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing – Agatha Christie
You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now – Joan Baez
You have to pay the price and you will have to decide whether the price is worth the prize – Sam Nunn
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough – Seneca
The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life – Mark Twain
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive – Elbert Hubbard
Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are – Bernice Johnson Reagon
Where there is love there is life – Mohandas K. Gandhi
The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring – Oscar Wilde
Love doesn’t make the world go ‘round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile – Franklin P. Jones
Each person must live their life as a model for others – Rosa Parks
Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of – Benjamin Franklin
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards – Soren Kierkegaard
Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow – Maria Mitchell
What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness – Baruch Spinoza
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else – Emily Dickinson
I think somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision – Eleanor Roosevelt
True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness – Albert Einstein
The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain – Lord Byron
Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood – Ralph Waldo Emerson
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built – Eleanor Roosevelt
There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking – Theodore Rubin
Love life and life will love you back – Arthur Rubinstein
The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge – Bertrand Russell
That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet – Emily Dickinson
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover – Mark Twain
It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living – Oliver Wendell Holmes
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt – Frederick Buechner
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power – Stephen Covey
And now the end is near and so I face the final curtain. My friends, I’ll say it clear. I’ll state my case of which I’m certain. I’ve lived a life that’s full, I’ve travelled each and evr’y highway and more, much more than this, I did it my way – Paul Anka
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives – Annie Dillard
Everything has been figured out, except how to live – Jean-Paul Sartre
Life is God’s novel. Let him write it – Isaac Bashevis Singer
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration – Pearl S. Buck
Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace – Karl Barth
We can discover the meaning in life in three different ways: by doing a deed; by experiencing a value; and by suffering – Victor Frankl
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars – Henry Van Dyke
Kärlek är inte en strid
Nej, kärlek är inte en strid men värt att strida för. Om du har hittat den du älskar så finns det inget som är så viktigt som att hitta vägar och lösningar tillsammans. Det handlar naturligtvis om en sund och god kärlek i grunden, inte misshandel vare sig den är psykisk, fysisk, sexuell eller ekonomisk.
Men en ömsint, äkta kärlek, där båda är varsamma med den andres sårbarhet finns det alltid vägar. Det enda sättet att gå vidare och hitta lösningar är om båda har inställningen att vara raka och ärliga i sin kärlek.
Så var rädda om och tala väl om varandra inför andra. Tala sedan ut med varandra och låt kärleken segra!
Med värme,
Anna*
Ted – Benjamin Zander on passion and classical music
Funny, well spoken and touching as well!
Listen and enjoy,
Anna*
Han kallar mig fortfarande sin son
(He still calls me son by John Waller)
Det spelar ingen roll vad vi skäms över. När vi äntligen förstår det och vänder vårt ansikte till Jesus med ett ödmjukt och förkrossat hjärta så tar han emot oss. Ingen skam i världen kan bestå i Jesu kärleksfulla blick. Hans milda ögon skadar oss aldrig. Han har varit där. Han förstår.
När vi kommer hem igen så står han och väntar på oss med öppna armar.
♫ ♪ Som när ett barn kommer hem om kvällen och möts av en öppen famn ♫ ♪ så var det för mig att komma till Gud ♫ ♪
Så blir det för dig också – det kan du lita på!
Allt gott,
Anna*
Skratt som smittar
Ibland krävs det inte så mycket för att livet ska vara njutbart och roligt.
Må vi ta vara på de stunder som givs oss och minnas dem länge!
Var välsignade,
Anna*
It is well with my soul
When peace like a river attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
What ever my lot you have taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul
Though the devil will ruin, though trials may come
Let this blessed assurance control
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate
And He shed His own blood for my soul
It is well, with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious thought
My sin not in part but the whole
Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, oh my soul
It is well, with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
And Lord haste the day when my faith shall be sight
And the clouds be rolled back as a scroll
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend
Even so, it is well with my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well with my soul
It is well, it is well with my soul
A very special song
En sång som har betytt massor för mig genom tiderna. Det är en vacker melodi och betydelsefull text som bär igenom allt vi behöver ta itu med. Oavsett vad som sker får vi vackert ligga stilla på drejskivan och tillåta att Gud gör ett verk i oss som blir bestående. Det kan endast ske genom att vi överlåter ALLT till Honom som vet bäst vad det är vi behöver.
Var välsignad,
Anna*
Mary J. Blige – Not Gon’ Cry från filmen Exhale
Tillägnas en älskad vän som gått igenom tuffa bitar och jag vill bara lägga ut den här länken för att du ska veta att du inte är ensam mitt uppe i det kaos som han orsakat. Mary J Blige skriver innerliga texter med mycket känsla och det här är mitt sätt att delta i din sorg efter allt det som hänt. Varmaste kramen till dig och till alla andra som blivit svikna på det sättet. Må ni finna styrka i den här videon på något sätt – det är min önskan.
Kramar ♥
Anna*
(Vs.1)
While all the time that I was loving you
You were busy loving yourself
I would stop breathing if you told me to
Now you’re busy loving someone else
Eleven years out of my life
Besides the kids I have nothing to show
Wasted my years a fool of a wife
I shoulda have left your ass a long time ago
(Chorus)
Well I’m not gon cry,
I’m not gon cry,
I’m not gon shed no tears
No, I’m not gon cry,
it’s not the time
cuz you’re not worth my tears
Well I’m not gon cry,
I’m not gon cry,
I’m not gon shed no tears
No, I’m not gon cry,
it’s not the time,
cuz you’re not worth my tears
(Vs.2)
I was your lover and your secretary
Working every day of the week
Was at the job when no one else was there
Helping you get on your feet
Eleven years of sacrifice
And you can leave me at the drop of a dime
Swallowed my fears, stood by your side
I shoulda left your ass a thousand times
(Chorus)
I know there are no guarantees
In love you take your chances
But somehow it seems unfair to me
Look at the circumstances
Through sickness and health ‘till death do us part
Those were the words that we said from our hearts
So now when you say that you’re leaving me
I don’t get that part
(Repeat Vs.2)
(Chorus)
He still loves me
Underbar sång om en rätt sorts integritet =0)
May it bless you!
Kram,
Anna*
[Eddie Levert]
Dun, Dun, Dun
Dun, Na, Na, Na
Dun, Dun, Dun
Dun, Na, Dun, Na
(Come On)
Dun, Dun, Dun
Dun, Na, Na, Na, Na
(Heyyyyy)
Dun, Dun, Dun
Dun, Na, Dun, Na
[Walter Williams]
Took me a while, but i’m finally here
So i just wanna testify, make it crystal clear
(Take Ya Time)
See I’ve been picked out, to be picked on
Talked about out my friend’s mouth
I’ve been beat down, til’ he turned my life around
(Turned my life around)
[Chorus: Walter Williams]
Seems like I always fall short of being worthy
Cuz I ain’t good enough, but he still loves me (Yeah)
I ain’t no superstar, spotlight ain’t shinin’ on me (No, No, No, No, No)
Cuz I ain’t good enough,(no) but he still loves me
(Loves Me!)
[Beyonce]
I used to, wake up some days, and wished I had stayed asleep (why cant you girl)
Cuz I went to bed on top of the world, today the world’s on top of me
Now everybody’s got opinions (They Share)
They ain’t been in my position (They Don’t Care)
And it breaks my heart when I hear
what they have to say about me
(What they say about you)
[Chorus: All]
Seems like I always fall short of being worthy
Cuz I ain’t good enough, but he still loves me
I ain’t no superstar, spotlight ain’t shinin’ on me
Cuz I ain’t good enough,(no)but he still loves me
(Loves Me!)
I’m not perfect
Yes I do wrong (If you understand me sing with me)
I’m trying my best
But It aint good enough (But the Lord is so good to me)
Shunned by the world (if you shunned by the world, world, world )
If I don’t succeed (Shunned by the world)
Cuz I aint good enough (I ain’t good enough)
But he still loves me (But the Lord still loves me)
[Bridge: Angie Stone, Beyonce, Choir]
If you ain’t worthy just raise your hands
And let me know that you understand
That we are all so blessed to be loved….loved
Stand for him or fall for anything
Cuz through his eyes we all look the same
What will we do, without blame
[Chorus: All]
Seems like I always fall short of being worthy (We are not worthy)
Cuz I ain’t good enough, but he still loves me
I ain’t no superstar, spotlight ain’t shinin’ on me
Cuz I ain’t good enough,(no)but he still loves me (me me)
I’m not perfect
Yes I do wrong
I’m trying my best
But It aint good enough (But the Lord is so good to me)
Shunned by the world (if you shunned by the world)
If I don’t succeed (Shunned by the world)
Cuz I aint good enough (I ain’t good enough)
But he still loves me (But the Lord still loves me)x2
No I ain’t good enough (No, No, No, No)
But he still loves me (Raise your hands if you understand)
No I ain’t good enough (How he blesses you, coz he blessed me too)
But he still loves me (Even though I ain’t worthy)
No I aint good enough (You ain’t worthy,we ain’t worthy he’s there for you)
But he still loves me (No matter what I do)
No I aint good enough (I ain’t good enooooooooough)
But he still loves…..me (But the Lord still loves…me)
You’ve got the love
Jag sitter här och ler stort åt hur olika människor kan vara och ändå nå ut till mängder av andra precis med de gåvor vi har fått och inget annat. Jag är tacksam för alla unika underbara vänner som har egenheter som de är stolta över och använder till att göra gott, sprida glädje och frid runt sig och jag uppskattar alla! Ibland tänker jag på Guds enorma storhet när han skapat så många unika individer och den humor han visat. Guds humor är härlig och hans kärlek finns alltid på plats att ta oss vidare oavsett vad vi möter i livet! DET är gott! Riktigt gott!
Dessutom får vi gå på en väg där vi inte tränger någon annan utan bara kompletterar varandra. Därför finns det ingen konkurrens. Bara glädje! Och det är verkligen gott!
Med det önskar jag dig en fin kommande vecka där du får vara precis den du är och göra det du gör bäst!
Med ett soligt leende och en varm kram,
Anna*
Mother Theresa
(Watch in full screen to read the words easier =0)
A truly amazing woman who loved unconditionally and met great hardships but kept up her work until the end. I admire her and her dedication. She has been an inspiration for so many and still it was a very special work that she did. Very few could understand or even start to fathom the depth of her devotion in a harsh world.
She said that people will misunderstand, accuse and hurt us in different ways, but if we hold fast to what we know we are supposed to do in our lives then we will fulfill our journey and it was never between people and us anyway. It is only between God and us. So be blessed and do what you feel is right.
All the best to you,
Anna*
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