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Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.

 
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YellinHelen



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PostPosted: June 14, 2004 10:48 PM    Post subject: Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. Reply with quote

I have had to repeat these words many times during the first few weeks of my quit. I really love this piece and wanted to share:

Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are, quite naturally,
impatient in everything to reach the end
without delay.

We should like to skip
the intermediate stages.
we are impatient of being
on the way to something unknown,
something new.

And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability -
and that it may take a very long time.

And so I think it is with you.
Your ideas mature gradually --
let them grow.
Let them shape themselves,
without undue haste.

Don't try to force them on,
as though you could be today
what time (that is to say, grace and
circumstances acting on your own good will)
will make you tomorrow.

Only God could say what this new spirit
gradually forming within you will be.
Give our Lord the benefit of believing
that his hand is leading you,
and accept the anxiety of
feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete.

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kevin
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PostPosted: June 14, 2004 11:40 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

beautiful.

thanks for posting this, Helen.
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Kissimee



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PostPosted: June 15, 2004 8:50 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love it! I think this would be good to apply this to every step of my life. Thank you! Smile
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kannprint



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PostPosted: June 15, 2004 8:33 PM    Post subject: Beautiful Reply with quote

Helen,

Thanks for sharing that wonderful writing. I printed it out and will re-read it many times. It not only applies to our current project, quitting, but to everything in life. We all face trials and tribulations and really need to be patient and trust in God in resolving them.

Again, many thanks for posting.

Living free for 2M, 4D, 23H, 5M and loving it.
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bwick18



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PostPosted: June 15, 2004 10:46 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow Helen,
that is great and fits so well with every thing- I will come back here and visit this when I feel the most impatient about my quit.
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jennifer32327



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PostPosted: June 28, 2004 3:20 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

BEAUTIFUL HELEN, THANKS FOR SHARING!



Cool Cool


I have been quit for 4 Days, 15 hours, 19 minutes and 35 seconds (4 days). I have saved $18.55 by not smoking 92 cigarettes. I have saved 7 hours and 40 minutes of my life. My Quit Date: 6/24/2004
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Jennifer,

Keep your heart open to dreams for
as long as there is dream there is hope
and as long as there is hope
there is joy in living!
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july26judi



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PostPosted: July 5, 2004 10:43 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

HI Helen,

So true Very Happy ! Thanks for posting!
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judi
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