This week I share several inspirations from my daily reflection book, a podcast, and a text from my sister-in-law. God is good. I count myself blessed to access these resources on a regular basis to assist me feeling grounded amidst a busy back to school time. Blessings on your week ahead!
“Be on the lookout for mercies. The more we look for them, the more of them we will see…Better to lose count while renaming your blessings than to lose your blessings to count your troubles.” -Malthie D. Babcock
“This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school, or church, or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem, and have the richest fluency, not only in its words, but in the silent lines of its lips and face, and between the lashes of your eyes, and in every motion and joint of your body.”
— Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Passage recited by Martin Sheen, The Martin Sheen Podcast, Season 4, Episode 5, “Daughters Great & Grand,” August 30, 2026.
Keeping the Faith 