by Prasanta | Jun 11, 2012 | Beauty, One Thousand Gifts, Photogrpahy, Teaching Children, Thankfulness
I handled the camera with a bit of fear at first. I didn’t even know how to take off the lens cap. After all, I use a small point and shoot, not a DSLR. I was afraid I’d push the wrong button and mess something up. Despite not owning a DSLR beauty, I still...
by Prasanta | Jun 4, 2012 | Friendship, One Thousand Gifts, Relationships, Spring, Summer, Thankfulness, Writing
The muse is kind of quiet lately. I don’t have a fantastically clever post, superb thesis statement, or beautiful prose. Maybe it’s just as well, since these weeks are more than full, and it’s perhaps grace during a busy time. I have much on my mind,...
by Prasanta | Apr 16, 2012 | Growth, One Thousand Gifts, Poetry, Spring, Thankfulness
Two weeks ago, we planted vegetable seeds. In this: It was an experiment– we usually buy seedlings in late May and plant them in the ground. But this year, we decided to plant straight from seed. And two weeks later, here is what we have: This weekend, we...
by Prasanta | Apr 4, 2012 | Beauty, Change, Jesus, Love, Thankfulness, the cross, Transformation
“What Will a Life Magnify?” As he walked to calvary, as people spat and spurned, did Jesus continue to give thanks to God the father? When he was so greatly burdened, bowed down with the heavy load, bruised, agonizing, and all he could see were the dusty...
by Prasanta | Mar 7, 2012 | One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness
The Most High God will surely shelter you defend you protect you deliver you redeem you watch you keep you love you save you forgive you there is nothing He will not do for you His arm is not too short to save *** Remembering His goodness this week, #663-676: 663. a...
by Prasanta | Feb 20, 2012 | One Thousand Gifts, Promises, Thankfulness
There is a place where cypress and myrtle grow instead of thorns and briers. There is One whose thoughts and ways are higher than man’s. I’ve heard one can go there to buy wine and milk– for no price. In this place, trees clap their hands and...
by Prasanta | Nov 7, 2011 | Home, One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness
Speckled gold is the autumn landscape; speckled gold with dots of brown, shades of crimson, rust, and fading sienna. On lanes with rust-colored leaves, I notice the waning colors, and flaky papery leaves falling brown to the ground. Pumpkins aren’t bountiful...
by Prasanta | Oct 25, 2011 | One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness
I’ve been writing a 31 day series this month, and while I enjoy it, I also have to keep up with my other usual creative or inspirational writing. So here I am… writing two posts in a day! We live hundreds of miles away, and yet I can feel the breath of the...
by Prasanta | Oct 10, 2011 | 31 Days of Healthier Living, One Thousand Gifts, Thankfulness
She says keeping track can be life-changing. I agree. Sunlight filtering through trees. Grasses waving in the wind. Pillows. A happy dog’s tail wagging. Forgiveness. Hot cup of cocoa. Friendship. The list above is just some of the things that make a difference,...
by Prasanta | Oct 9, 2011 | Gratefulness, Thankfulness
This past week has been a doozy. I got hit over a week ago with an upper respiratory infection and the very short version of the story is that for a week now, I have not been able to hear out of my left ear. If you were sitting next to me and began whispering in my...
