surprise, surprise!

i came home today to find a package from sara peeking out of my mailbox, and this was my fabulous surprise! it made me smile--made me cheerful--made me warm & fuzzy--made my day. i love quotes, so this was perfect! and, this is the quote she wrote inside the cover, "a faithful friend is the medicine of life." how sweet & how true! love, love, love that girl--genuine and faithful, kind and true.

expect a lot of these, but i started at the beginning & these are the ones that struck me today...

"the heart benevolent & kind the most resembles God." robert burns, a winter night

"the greatest disease in the west today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. we can cure physical disease with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love." mother teresa, a simple path

and, then, i came to this gentle reminder: "set thine house in order." the Bible, the second book of kings