July 08, 2010 (like wildflowers)

like wildflowers

“Every man dies.
Not every man really lives.”
- Braveheart

“If we would only give, just once,
the same amount of reflection
to what we want to get out of life
that we give to the question
of what to do with a two weeks' vacation,
we would be startled at our false standards
and the aimless procession of our busy days.”
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

“For he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
The wind blows, and we are gone—
as though we had never been here.
But the love of the Lord remains forever
with those who fear him.
His salvation extends to the children’s children
of those who are faithful to his covenant,
of those who obey his commandments!
The Lord has made the heavens his throne;
from there he rules over everything.”
- Psalm 103:14-19 NLT