sometimes the heart is so sad
that the tears cascade out of our being…
sometimes we feel there is nothing that can bring it out of the dark
sometimes the hurt is carved so deep…
and no matter what we have tried …fails
sometimes there are those raindrops even when the sun shines…
our eyes are blurred with confusion…
our heart strings have been stretched beyond their endurance…
so…sometimes… we want to quit and give it all up
… it is then…
Squalicum Creek
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©Jane H. Johann, 2016
Bellingham, WA
that we are called to believe even when we don’t
…it is then…
that we have to reach beyond ourselves
and be thankful for the tears that flow …
tears… the droplets of grace from God…
…we have to reach for the deepest part of our self and sit with who we are…and be present to the GOD within…
…hang on to that HOPE even when it seems it is not there
…it is then that we have to believe in the BEST of each other
and of ourselves…
sometimes… despite all that speaks directly against our struggle
we have to keep going…and never stop loving…
Footprints of Thoughts 
BEAUTIFUL! Jan
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thank you, Jan! Blessings on your day…hope YOU are doing well!
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Beautiful!
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thank you, Mari
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A beautiful understanding of our most deepest feelings!
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thank you…have a day of blessings, Rebecca! I miss the Pacific Northwest!
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The Pacific Northwest misses you too!!!!
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🙂
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I am very behind on my reading—I will catch up with your beautiful photographs and writing soon!
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You really are an encouraging force in our blogging community!❤️💛❤️
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Thank you for the endearing comment, Rebecca. It means a great deal to me! and You do the same for me, Rebecca! I think we have wonderful blogging community on WordPress…people that have been on here with me since October, 2011, still wait for me and are always there with a Like, a word, or comment. We are quite lucky, aren’t we?!! 🙂
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Uncanny how you speak the thoughts within me, what I am going thru right now. Sometimes that’s all we can do – is keep going, when we don’t feel anything.
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Miss Betty, YOU are a kind and good person with a generous heart…I am sorry for whatever it is that you are suffering through right now…but it is always dark before the light. Blessings to you, my dear friend!
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