Holy Scriptures.....
I have found a gold mine in BibleGateway website, and I listen to the scriptures.  They change me and wash over my soul with comfort and healing.  I can feel the words go straight to my bones, and I do feel protected from the harshness of this world.  I turn off the T.V. with all of it's distress-filled conversation, and I turn on the scriptures being read aloud, and I know that I exist in the "secret place of the most high".  I listen and let the Psalms be the voices of those who suffer here on Earth, and I am immediately comforted.  God's ways are not my ways, but I trust his ways, and he will care for his beloved children.

I see all of my loved ones whole and well.....in joy.  That is what I see in my heart.  That is the story I tell.  Byron Katie says "who would I be without my story?"  but I say who would I be with a different story?  It's a subtle twist.....I see all in wholeness and wellness.  That is what I choose to see in my heart.  I tap in energetically to wholeness and wellness.....to God.

Grace     Unmerited favor of God.  Simple elegance or refinement of movement.

Mercy    Compassion or forgiveness show toward someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm 

Love       Unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for another


So these are my comfort words today.......entirely comforting.  God's mercies are new every morning.  God says he is looking for mercy.....Grace....mercy.....love........balm to my troubled heart and soul.

Hummingbird......soft, gentle, petite, tiny feet, resilient.....hummer.

Lemon Drop.......tart, tangy.....and oh so sweet in a summery kind of way.  Lemon Drops in boxes, straightforward packaging but delivering  zing and a punch with every savory suck.  Lemon Drops are calling to me.  I need to play a whole lot more than I've been doing lately.  I need to have a fun-filled summer.  I need more candy in my life....That is one thing I'm very sure of....Lemon Drops...here we come.

Serenedipity.........I love this word.  It's full of mirth.  It laughs and skips in delight across the page.  Serendipity.  I love saying this word.  I find simple delight and joy when I say it.  It's childlike and fairies come to mind, definitely the mystery of woodlands and all things hidden, waiting to be revealed.....sweet serendipity......Nice.  I just looked up the meaning of the word and sure enough, fairies were mentioned.  I did not even know the meaning....just the impressions of the word. 

Comfort......soft.....life italicized.......I like it.  It works beautifully.  I forgive myself today and for this morning, I comfort myself........I soothe.  I self-soothe, because I can.  Sweet comfort and mercy this morning.  I wrap all of my loved ones in comfort this morning and soothe away the cares of yesterday.  I let the new mercies of the morning carry away the failures of yesterday.  I anticipate good things as I go forward.