"This is the first lesson for the Christian wife and mother today: to let go of what may once have been – and under other circumstanes might now be – a recollected self, and take on, with both hands, the plan of God. Indeed it is the lesson for every Christian in every age:
it is the gospel of dying on one plane in order to live in another."
– Dom Hubert Von Zeller, Holiness for Housewives
I found this over a break midday today, book in hand, mug nearby, and this pottery before me. There is rest to be found in letting go of what might have been and embracing what is. What is, is very good.
Starry Sky Journal 
Thanks for sharing this, Kim. These words are so good for my soul. Why is life so much of a battle with myself? Why do I cling so tightly to that which I cannot control? I know that freedom and peace come only through surrender and yet…
I think of you and your family and your new European lifestyle so often and it takes me back to our sweet days in Brussels…fondly…although I wouldn’t trade now for then. It’s all good. We are blessed wherever we are. And I’m grateful. (most of the time 🙂
Love and prayers!