Beauty For Ashes

Beauty For Ashes We ALL have “stuff”, healed from, healing from or not yet begun to heal from. I feel like the Lord is calling me to use what I have been through to help others.

Be Blessed and Encouraged!

11/26/2025

Embracing the Spirit of a Hippie

To embrace the spirit of a hippie
is to move through the world
with an open heart,
unafraid of tenderness.

It is to choose love
even when the world insists on fear,
to let compassion be your compass,
and curiosity guide your steps.
To believe that gentleness
is not weakness,
but a quiet form of revolution.

To embrace the spirit of a hippie
is to listen deeply,
to the earth, to its people,
to the stillness between moments.
To honor peace
not just as an ideal,
but as a daily practice
stitched into the way you speak,
the way you forgive,
the way you breathe.
To greet others with kindness, always.

It is to find beauty in simple things,
sunlight on skin,
laughter shared freely,
the smell of rain on warm soil.
To trust that community
can be formed anywhere
hearts are willing to meet honestly.

To embrace the spirit of a hippie
is to carry a bit of wildness inside you,
a belief that love can heal,
that connection can guide,
and that a gentle soul
can change lives for the better.
To walk softly,
give freely,
and live with the belief
that every small act of kindness
really does matter.

~ 'Embracing the Spirit of a Hippie' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Kandy Myny

Good morning and God Bless!
11/18/2025

Good morning and God Bless!

11/17/2025

The Spark That Moves Us

Believe you can,
and you will,
for belief is a quiet spark
that turns hesitation into action.

It is the gentle hand
steadying you on a steep path,
the soft whisper of strength
beneath doubt’s heavy shadow.

When you trust your own potential,
the world shifts,
obstacles move,
possibilities widen.

What you believe
becomes your blueprint,
and every step you take
draws your dreams
closer to truth.

~ 'The Spark that Moves You' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Olamik

11/14/2025

Choose Your Thoughts Wisely

Our thoughts influence our lives
in ways we don’t always realize or understand.
So think of your thoughts as seeds,
small beginnings with quiet intentions,
waiting for the moment to open,
holding the promise of all they might become.

Some are planted with intention,
pressed into the soft soil
of the mind.
Others simply arrive
and begin to take root,
reaching toward whatever light
you offer them.

In time, they shape the landscape
of your days,
fields of calm,
thickets of worry,
wildflowers of possibility,
vines of doubt.

Choose your thoughts wisely.
Notice what you water,
what you feed,
what you allow to spread.

With patient hands,
you can cultivate a garden
that sustains you,
one thought,
one seed,
one moment
at a time.

~ 'Choose Your Thoughts Wisely' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Olamik

11/08/2025

The Gift of The Present Moment

Find joy in the here and now.
The present moment
is all we ever truly have,
fragile, fleeting,
yet infinite in its depth

The past is a story
our minds replay,
softened or sharpened
by memory.

The future is a promise
that may never arrive,
a horizon
we keep chasing.

But this moment,
this breath, this heartbeat,
this flicker of awareness,
is real.

It’s the only place
where life unfolds,
where love is felt,
where meaning takes root.

When we learn to rest here,
in the fullness of this moment,
we discover
that the here and now
is a precious gift,
where all life truly lives.

~ 'The Gift of The Present Moment' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art by Suzy Sights

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