I'm sitting in the Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Gardens in Golden Gate Park looking at an amazing windmill. There is something about a windmill in a garden that captures me and seems so bigger than life magnificent. It is just beautiful here in the Golden Gate Park. Love this place! We spent several hours on the most beautiful beach adjacent to the park. So reminded me of the Central Coast where I grew up! Just stunning! There is nothing like walking along a beautiful beach to relax you and make you have a fun time.
I feel that this vacation is giving me hope again. It gives me hope to look upon an incredible future. I and my entire family have been living with stress for so long now with all our medical problems, personal things, job issues, etc. God new we needed a break! So refreshing!
This is something I read in my quiet time today and I loved it so much and it seemed so apt for my life at the moment that I thought I'd post it as well. Hope it encourages you all!
"Hope is the music of life. It gives us zest, gusto, and verve. Hope puts a song in our hearts. It not only gets our feet tapping but it gives us the freedom to move out into the 'dance of life' with energy and excitement.
Hope is more than words, though. Yes, it is far more than carefully turned phrases or slogans or self-help pep talks. To be real, hope must live inside us. We don't posses hope; hope possesses us. Authentic hope captures us and, at the same time, sets us free."
Lloyd John Ogilvie
