roses_in_the_snow

DON`T LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE UNLESS YOU ARE HELPING THEM UP!!

Heritages: Italian, Irish

Languages: Spanish, English

About Me:
ONLY ONE BEAUTY CAN HEAL THE HUMAN HEART TO SEE ALLAH PAINT HIS EARTH`S WORK OF ART: THE EARLY MORNING SKIES EVERY EYE CAN BEHOLD WITH ITS SPLASHES OF CRIMSON AND RIBBONS OF GOLD THE BLACK VELVET CANVAS OF THE DISTANT NIGHT UNFOLDS ITS TREASURES OF SILVER GEMS FOR OUR DELIGHT! THE SPARKLING BLUE WATERS THAT RUN FREE THE EARTH`S SURFACE WHILE CLOUDS ABOVE FORM INTO COTTON BALLS WITH GRACE! THE AUTUMN LEAVES ON TREES DRESS BROWN,ORANGE AND RED FALL ONE BY ONE QUILTING THE NAKED SOIL BED! AND LIKE PETALS TOSSED BY A LOVING HAND MULTICOLORED FLOWERS DOT EVERY BELOVED HOMELAND! EVERY FAMOUS ARTIST IS KNOWN BY HIS SEAL WHEN HE FINISHES HIS WORK TO HIS APPEAL BUT ONLY ONE CAN BEAT ALL THE REST... WHEN THE EVENING SUN SETS PINK IN THE WEST AND AFTER THE RAINS A RAINBOW CROWNS THE SKY! THESE UNIQUE SEALS DON`T BELONG TO YOU OR I ONLY ONE HAS THESE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS! TO CLAIM ALL THESE BREATH TAKING SIGHTS HE IS THE "ONE AND ONLY" TRUE ARTIST UNDEFEATABLE IN EVERY SCENIC CONTEST!!! BY: ONLY1JASMINE FEB 4, 2007
Looking At The Heavens I am finding myself looking at the heavens a lot more these days. I am trying to watch and enjoy as many sunrises and sunsets as I can, and I am letting their beauty fill my soul with happiness. I love seeing God paint the heavens with glorious reds, purples, pinks, oranges, and golds. I love gazing with wonder at these ever-changing masterpieces. Every sunrise feels like God is welcoming us to a new day full of wonder and delight. Every sunset feels like God is kissing us goodnight and wishing us sweet dreams. Every time I look at them too I feel God’s peace and joy, and I know that I am loved by the greatest love imaginable. Looking at the heavens helps me to feel the Heaven inside myself too. When I gaze at the sky and witness God’s glorious creation I want to thank God for my own life and all the wonderful blessings in it. When I stare at those beautiful sunrises and sunsets I happily remember that I am here to live a beautiful life full of peace and love myself. When I look at those bright heavens each day of my life I want to share the Heaven in my own soul as well. Every day the sun rises again in the morning sky. It’s welcoming beauty and light is always there even if it is sometimes hidden by the clouds. Every evening the sun sets in the night sky but not without a promise of even more beauty and light the next day. Take some time today to look up at the heavens then. Take some time today to find the Heaven within yourself. Take some time today to make your own life a Heavenly light full of love, joy, peace, happiness, goodness, and delight. Take some time today to share that light with the world and show others that they can do the same. Take some time today to remember that God loves you and wants you to live a life as joyful as the sunrise and as beautiful as the setting sun.

SOMETIMES WHEN FAITH IS RUNNING LOW AND I CANNOT FATHOM WHY THINGS ARE SO... I WALK ALONE AMONG THE FLOWERS I GROW AND LEARN THE "ANSWERS" TO ALL I WOULD KNOW! FOR AMONG MY FLOWERS I HAVE COME TO SEE LIFE`S MIRACLES AND ITS MYSTERY AND STANDING IN SILENCE AND REVERIE MY FAITH COMES FLODDING BACK TO ME! MY GARDEN BEAUTIFIES MY YARD AND ADDS FRAGANCE TO THE AIR... BUT IT IS ALSO MY CATHEDRAL AND MY QUIET PLACE OF PRAYER... SO LITTLE DO WE REALIZE THAT "THE GLORY AND THE POWER" OF HE WHO MADE THE UNIVERSE LIES HIDDEN IN A FLOWER!

Hobbies:
Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant have their story.Be yourself especially do not feign affection neither be cynical about love for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.Take kindly the council of the years and gracefully surrendering the things of youth,Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe.No less than the trees and the stars!! you have a right to be here Whether or not it is clear to you no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.Therefore be at peace with Allah.Whatever your aspirations and labors in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.With all its sham,drudgery and broken dreams it is still a BEAUTIFUL WORLD...STRIVE TO BE HAPPY!!!!

Movies:
ONE NIGHT I DREAMED I WAS WALKING ALONG THE BEACH WITH GOD.MANY SCENES FROM MY LIFE FLASHED ACROSSED THE SKY. IN EACH SCENE I SAW FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND. SOMETIMES THERE WERE TWO SETS AND OTHER TIMES THERE WAS ONLY ONE SET. I NOTICED DURING THE HARDEST TIMES OF MY LIFE WHEN I WAS SUFFERING FROM PAIN, SORROW, OR DEFEAT I SAW ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS AND I ASKED TO GOD: "YOU PROMISED ME THAT IF I FOLLOWED YOU, YOU WOULD WALK WITH ME ALWAYS BUT I NOTICED DURING THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME OF MY LIFE THERE ARE ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND! WHY WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST, YOU WERE NOT THERE FOR ME??· AND GOD REPLIED: " I LOVE YOU AND WILL NEVER NEVER LEAVE YOU,AND DURING YOUR TIMES OF SUFFERING AND TRIALS,WHEN YOU SAW ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND IT WAS THEN THAT I CARRIED YOU IN MY ARMS" TEARS FROM OUR SOULS COME OUR TEARS UNWRITTEN WORDS THAT DEFINITELY EXPRESS SOMETIMES OUR INNER MOST FEARS FEELINGS OF JOY OR ALSO DEEP SADNESS! SILENT WORDS BORN FROM WITHIN NEVER WE SHOULD OURSELVES BLAME IT`S A GREAT BLESSING NOT A BIG SIN TO WEEP I FEEL IT`S NO HUMAN SHAME!! SOME THINK IT SILLY AND EVEN NOT SO BRAVE TO SHED A FEW TEARS MEANS ONLY WEAKNESS SO APPROPRIATE ONLY WHEN INFRONT OF A GRAVE SO FEW KNOW THE MEANING OF ITS GREATNESS! IT`S A SIGN THAT WE ARE REALLY ALIVE SENSITIVE TO ALL THAT SURROUNDS US AWARE OF THE VICTORIES AND MISTAKES IN OUR LIFES UNDERSTANDING OTHERS IN THEIR PAIN AND LONELINESS! DON`T BE AFRAID TO LET TEARS FLOW TO CRY YOU SET YOUR SOUL FREE LET THE CHILD INSIDE YOU KNOW RETURN TO INNOCENCE CAN BE EASY!! BY: ONLY1JASMINE MAY 12, 2006

Books:
UNFOLDING THE ROSEBUD It is only a tiny rosebud, A flower of God's design; But I cannot unfold the petals With these clumsy hands of mine. The secret of unfolding flowers Is not known to such as I. GOD opens this flower so sweetly, When in my hands they fade and die. If I cannot unfold a rosebud, This flower of God's design, Then how can I think I have wisdom To unfold this life of mine? So I'll trust in Him for His leading Each moment of every day. I will look to Him for His guidance Each step of the pilgrim way. The pathway that lies before me, Only the Almighty Allah knows. I'll trust Him to unfold the moments, Just as He unfolds the rose. FORGIVE ME FORGIVE ME GOD WHEN IN MY HEART I HAVE THOUGHT WRONG WHEN I HAVE BEEN WEAK AND NOT VERY STRONG! FORGIVE ME WHEN I HAVE MY DOUBTS WHEN I`M SAD AND FEEL I WANT TO SHOUT! FORGIVE ME WHEN I DO DESPAIR... AND I QUESTION IF LIFE IS REALLY FAIR! FORGIVE ME WHEN I HAVE BEEN RUDE AND I COMPLAIN IN A BAD MOOD FORGIVE ME WHEN I NOT COUNT MY BLESSINGS AND FORGET YOU HAVE GIVEN ME EVERYTHING! FORGIVE ME WHEN I NOT REMEMBER TO TRUST YOU AND I WORRY IF WHAT I ASK WILL COME TRUE! FORGIVE ME WHEN I FEEL I´M NOTHING AND WHEN I HAVE DENIED ANOTHER SOMETHING! FORGIVE ME WHEN I HAVE TURNED AWAY TO INJUSTICE AND NOT A WORD I SAY FORGIVE ME WHEN I HAVE BEEN SELFISH AND THINK ONLY IN WHAT I WISH! PRONOUNCE YOUR HOLY NAME I`M NOT WORTHY!! FORGIVE I ONLY PRAY THE HUMAN IN ME MOLD ME I PLEAD IN YOUR DIVINE WAY LIKE THE POTTER WITH THE CLAY!! BY: ONLY1JASMINE SEPT 2005

Music:

EVERY SPRING THE EARTH IS RENEWED.THE BLEAK WINTER IS LEFT BEHIND AND ALL NATURE BEGINS TO REAWAKEN AND BLOSSOM.THIS IS A SEASON OF HOPE. AS FLOWERS ARE SIGNS OF SPRING, PRAYER IS EVIDENCE OF HOPE. PRAYER IS COMMUNICATING WITH GOD WHO IS OUR HOPE.IN TIMES OF GLADNESS OR TIMES OF TURMOIL,DURING SEASONS OF PEACE OR DAYS OF CRISIS, OUR HEARTS TURN TO GOD TO REJOICE IN OUR HAPPINESS OR TO SEEK GUIDANCE FOR OUR TROUBLES. EACH MORNING CAN BRING NEW HOPE AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO GOD.PRAYER TEACHES US TO RELY DAILY ON HIS GOODNESS.WE LEARN TO ENJOY HIS PRESENCE AND TO SEEK HIM OUT.
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HAPPINESS IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY WHICH WHEN PURSUED, IS ALWAYS JUST BEYOND YOUR GRASP BUT WHICH IF YOU WILL SIT DOWN QUIETLY IT MAY ALIGHT UPON YOU
Lighted Candles I have a lot of candles in my home. Most of them sit on the shelves waiting for another power outage to take out those pesky electric lights. Every day though, I do take the time to light up one or two of them. It feels good to sit quietly and watch their flickering, little fires beat back the darkness around them. It puts me back in touch with the candles burning within myself as well. Enlightenment for me hasn’t come from flicking on a single switch but rather from lighting one candle at a time in my heart, mind, and soul. I know that I still have a long way to go too, but I am lighting more candles everyday. Most of the candles burning inside of me, in fact, weren’t even lit by me. They were lit by other shining souls I met along the journey of my life. The brightest flame they lit is the truth that God loves you, me, and everyone in this world. With this flame you can light enough candles to brighten the whole universe. Some of the other flames they ignited in me and that I want to pass on to you are these. Love is stronger than hate. Giving brings more joy than receiving. Forgiveness heals our hearts. Love and joy are both choices we make and gifts we share. Hate comes from ignorance, but love brings wisdom. And we should not only claim our birthright, but live up to it as well. We are all one family here and we should do our best to help each other’s candles burn as brightly and beautifully as possible. Take happiness then in lighting the candles of learning and love inside of yourself. Take joy when others light them inside you as well. And with love and goodness share their light with everyone everywhere. Remember that we all come from God’s light. Until we return to it we all should do our best to burn brightly and cast the darkness out of this world.