Sometimes it is like God in Heavenletters hits me over the head! I am not speaking right now of His loving words that melt, but of His words that are arrows that blast themselves straight through my heart. His arrows take away all my defenses, and I have no choice but to confront myself. Right now I’m talking about words from God that seem to shatter and disintegrate me, even a kind of wiping out of myself, an end to myself as I know myself. God shoots me through the heart, and I am lost. I am gone. I am no more.  All my armor is gone, and I am on my knees. (more…)

An old memory can trigger resentment. Pointless, pointless is resentment. I know better.

Everyone is free to do as he or she wishes. It’s not my business. Because someone chooses something other than what I would prefer is no reason for me to feel slighted or whatever it is that I convince myself to feel.

Yet knowing better doesn’t always change the equation. (more…)

Isabel Allende knows how to tell a good story. I loved The House of Spirits. Wonderful wonderful book. I loved the movie too.

There is one line in another book of Isabel Allende’s that is so outstanding that I must share it with you. (more…)

In response to Heavenletter #3692, The Image You See, someone wrote in and said:

“There is a righteous anger which arises from being maligned & vilified. It’s not about lowering yourself to take the (more…)

Here are two examples of breaking through boundaries that I read about and can never forget.

The first example, I’m pretty sure I’ve told you about before. This was from a book of Jampolski’s about ten ordinary people who gave extraordinary acts of forgiveness.

A woman had an eighteen-year old son. His friend, in the grips of drugs, shot and killed his friend, her son. (more…)

The Postal Services Act 2000:

It is a Federal crime and up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine to hide, keep, or open other people’s mail without permission.

Mug shot:

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Did you see the movie, Hey, Dude, Where’s My Car? There is a scene where the two guys pull up to a drive-through window at a fast food place. They order a lot of food with trimmings. When they are finished, the automated voice who takes their order, regardless of what they say, continues to say: (more…)

I was thinking about a post Doots just made on the forum about today’s Heavenletter, #3464 Choices to Make. (more…)

The Mona Lisa Smile came out in 2003. There is a specific Heavenletter-reason why I am writing a blog about this movie. (more…)

By chance, I came across this excerpt from a Heavenletter that is so fitting to come after the story of the Dark Queen. Of course, we have all heard that nothing is by chance: (more…)