Poulsbo Lion June Cotner's book Serenity Prayers: Prayers, Poems, and Prose to Soothe Your Soul is available to purchase wherever books are sold.According to June, Serenity Prayers is a timeless collection of prayers, poems and prose that will leave the reader feeling more at peace, relaxed, hopeful, and encouraged.
All of June's books are 20 percent off at www.junecotner.com.
Here are a few excerpts:
Renewal
Imagine not that life is all doing
Stillness,too, is life;
and in that stillness
the mind cluttered with busyness quiets,
the heart reaching to win rests,
and we hear the whispered truths of God.
--Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro
Yes
Yes was the best answer to every question.
Frank McCourt, Teacher Man.
So I said yes to everything, yes to the green hills
rolling out ahead, yes to the hayfield tied up in rolls,
yes to the clouds blooming like peonies in the sky's
blue meadow, the long tongue of the road lolling
out before me, yes to the life of travel, yes to the other
life at home, yes to the daisies freckling the ditch,
to the sun pouring down on everything
like Vermeer's milkmaid and her endless
jug of milk, yes to the winds that pulled the clouds
apart like taffy, then turned them into a classroom
of waving hands punched into fists: yes yes yes
--Barbara Crooker
Everyday Blessings
As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday
blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breathe it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day, and a cool breeze when the day is warm.
--Laura Ingalls Wilder
(1867-1957)