What a wonderful expansion on the idea to "Know Yourself" in an unselfish way. Thank you Maryl for this clear illustration of the importance feeding the right "wolf". I like the idea of the bad wolf "yielding" to the well fed good wolf.

Our Leader tell us, "Understanding is a quality of God, a quality which separates Christian Science from supposition and makes Truth Final." (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, page 506)

The old Indian told his grandson the story of the two wolves we carry inside: the one evil; anger, envy, arrogance, self-pity, resentment, and the other one good; joy, peace, love, hope, humility, generosity, truth, compassion.
When the child asked "Which one will win" the old man said: "The one you feed."

What wolf ―or state of thought― are we going to feed today?
What qualities will we nurture?

Christian Scientists chose Love, "for love alone is life." CS Hymn 30

ESPAÑOL
El viejo indio le contó a su nieto la historia de los dos lobos que llevamos dentro: uno es el mal; la ira, la envidia, la arrogancia, la autocompasión, el resentimiento, y el otro el bien; el gozo, la paz, el amor, la esperanza, la humildad, la generosidad, la verdad, la compasión.
Cuando el niño le preguntó "¿Cual ganará?" el viejo le contestó, "El que tu alimentes."

¿A cual lobo o estado de pensamiento alimentaremos hoy?
¿Qué cualidades alimentaremos?

Los Científicos Cristianos elegimos el Amor, pues la "Vida es solo Amor". Himno CC Nº 30

Excellent!

Thank you Meryl A great thought to remember each day!

Such a clear analogy of the action of Christ. The analogy points the way to appreciate those qualities that represent my and everyone's true identity. When I don't feed opposing mental or emotional elements, even if they insist on being fed, they have no life.

Thank you Maryl, this is truly helpful and your Lift will go straight into my 'save box'.

Dear Maryl,

I love that story as well. A wonderful way to explain to children when listening to make the right or correction decision. Nurturing is another favorite word; caring, protecting and supporting. Thank you for your inspiring message.

Thank you Maryl.This wonderful lift prompted me to realise that, in the words of our hymnal:

Hymn 3:1

A grateful heart a garden is,
Where there is always room
For every lovely, Godlike grace
To come to perfect bloom.

A garden in perfect bloom does not just happen. The garden must be nurtured, seeded,tended, weeded and fed just as our grateful hearts and minds need the nourishing truths mentioned.

The story of the two wolves reminds me of the story of the man who was asleep and dreaming that he was being chased by a dragon. As fast as he ran the dragon was closing in on him until the man was underneath the dragon and the dragon was towering above him.

"What happens now?" gasped the man.

"I don't know" replied the dragon "what happens next is up to you,after all it is your dream!"

Thank you for this lovely Lift, and so true. We are often not conscious of how much we feed the unrighteous thought claiming space in our consciousness, simply by agreeing with it, tempted as we are to feel that we are badly done to in some way, by persons or circumstances. The thought that we can turn away from those feelings and feed the righteous thoughts, which come to us from God and make up our true selves, by agreeing with and expressing God's qualities instead, is very helpful indeed. Thank you.

Such a good methafor Maryl! When I have the feeling, that The mean wolf is getting out of control, then I will ask myself the question: wich wolf do I want to feed? This is really a simple and effective way to keep working for my own sake.

These thoughts are so uplifting and so true!
Thank you very much!
With love from Austria
Nina

I LOVE this lift! Thank you so much Maryl! It is SO helpful!

Mmmmm...love being fed by Love divine. Just yummy.
Thank you, Maryl! Nice lift!

Many thanks Maryl for this inspiring lift. Yes. "Feed our compassion through kindly deeds and thoughtful living," '...For Love alone is Life;' (MBE). "Once more the lonely heart is fed./ Who dwells with Love hath perfect ease,/ Faith, hope, and joy are with us all;/ Great are companions such as these." (Christian Science Hymnal #34).

An outstanding Lift! Five star. Thanks so much..

Maryl,
Thank you

A lovely helpful story, many thanks. Also Tony (9) - loved it. "Fed by Love alone we live, for Love alone is Life..." (MBE hymn) I will nurture all right loving thoughts, and let them feed me and lead me
in spiritual paths to be a blessing as I am blessed. Thanks for all the comments.

thank you I love this comparison. Tks again for the daily lift.

Thank You and I shall feed the very best Ideas of Reality. compassion being one of them.

Thank you for this wonderful Lift. We can walk with Love to day.

thank you maryl

The thought comes to me 'how' :) How about immersing thought in reading the Bible's four gospels and Jesus' teachings and hold the character of Jesus in thought to emulate.

Thank you so much. Maryl. This is a great story, and one I heard when I first came down here to the Sunshine Coast seven years ago. It wears well. Of course when we first start to study Christian Science so much that is obviously not good, is quickly eliminated. But this is a continual work of love, and will keep us busy for life. As Mrs Eddy said to a friend, "I pull the weeds out every day, and then next day I need to pull them out all over again." Certainly a practising Christian Scientist needs to lovingly tend the good wolf every day.
Thank you Nate and the production team; the lecturers and our Daily Lift family.

What a helpful practical Lift. Thank you

Alimentar nuestros pensamientos y actos con Amor es la forma de contrarrestar los pensamientos erroneos hasta que se alejan y sólo queda el Amor que nos inspira a obrar bien, es hermosa esa referencia de #3 sobre el viejo indio, porque en cualquier lugar y cultura se encuentran los pensamientos inspirados que nos muestran como actuar hay muchas historias de esas y poca atención le prestamos y sin embargo ellas nos demuestran que no hay nadie que no esté consciente de la verdadera forma de accionar y sobre todo de sentir probando que más allá del aprendisaje hay un estado de consciencia que se manifiesta a todos por igual,dejado a la percepción de cada uno y que suele ser muy significativa en ejemplo y obra para los demás.

"Por que Jehová tu Dios te introduce, en la buena tierra" Deuteronomio.
No deja a nadie afuera sólo tenemos que escucharlo y brotará en nosotros Su enseñanza si oimos lo que Él nos dice, estemos donde estemos y valoremos las señales que muestran Su grandeza.

Bello, muy bello Maril porque nos da la certeza de que Dios está presente en cada ser que habita la tierra sí en cada uno de nosotros.

"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
And a little child shall lead them." See Science & Health pg 514

Since we're talking about ourselves this is a happy solution.

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Dear Maryl,

Thank you for this wonderful Lift. I found it especially helpful to have heard of the importance of feeding the right 'thought'. I awoke this morning clinging to the importance of adopting a right thought regarding a number of areas of my life especially three areas that take up a lot of my time.

The other day I had misplaced a very important set of keys and my fear was that they fell out of the car on one of my rounds around the island. A week had passed and after some prayerful work and searching they were not found.

I stopped and then acknowledged that the keys were not lost, but that my thought about them had been misplaced as to where they were. I needed to align my thought to Truth (God). I had to handle the thought of being careless, unfocused and always tired. Instead, I listened. The temptation to get up and search again was squashed as I realized I was not listening to right information about my identity and action.

That morning a strong yet loving thought interrupted my routine and reminded as to where I had placed the keys and why I had put them there. They were in their rightful, safe place; my thought had to be there as well in order for me to see the already established harmony. I had to replace the voice of fear and negative outlook with the voice of wisdom, knowing that God is in control.

Last night it rained and the morning, like this Daily Lift, is fresh with renewal, clarity and expectation. Thanks to all.

Thank you. Your words remind me of my own inner struggles,keeping the hearth of my thoughts pure.

Thank you.

A great lift...! Thank you.

'Is not this the fast that God has chosen' for us all.
Again, thank you.

Beautiful!
Thank you.

I feel well nourished by the thanks and thoughts from my worldwide family. Thank YOU.

Thank you for this interesting story and the way of your thoughts to it. I'll use it as an example to be more aware, what we are feeding.

Thank you for such a great lift

"A picture is worth a thousand words." This little story has drawn a picture in my mind that I will not forget, The answer is the clincher---what indeed are we feeding in our thought!

Thank you for this thoughtful, inspiring lift.

Lovely and helpful as I start a new day! Thank you!

"I will listen for Thy voice, Lest my footsteps stray" what wonderful advice from "Feed My Sheep" by Mary Baker Eddy (hymn 304). When a critical thought tries to take control in my thinking I silently, but strongly, say "shut up!!!" And then replace it with something loving. I'm striving with humility to reduce these occurances to nothing, as no part of my identity as the image and likeness of God. It's a work in progress. Thanks, Maryl,
for the advice to feed only the good wolf.

Such a good analogy reminding us how thoughts can be positive or negative and create our reality. So the choice is ours but we need constant reminders! I will listen to it again. Thank you.

AWooooooooo!!!!!!! FEED THE GOOD THE WOLF. And the wolf shall lie down with LAMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wonderful lift, Maryl! Thank you!

Thank you Maryl, this lift has shown me just what wolf I have been feeding in a year long struggle to see a person as God's child rather than the bad wolf he portrays. Anger and self-pity have been the bad wolfs feed , this lift will help me leave him hungry. Thanks again.

Thank you Maryl for that wonderful thought, very helpful! Just feed the good wolf, or thought! Also thanks for the additional thoughts #10 Eleanor. So true! And I loved the experience of Troy #28. When we listen, God indeed does hear our voice!
Much love and thanks for all those comments and ideas!

Excellent! What a way to stick to a diet. Put one wolf on a starvation diet and feed the other with cookies and cream—so to speak. Thanks, Maryl, for this practical lift.

Maryl, what a wonderful lift! I was working to counter false suggestions today and this so beautifully expressed the healing message needed! Thank you!

Great analogy! Thank you.

Fabulous lift, Maryl. So clear and succinct. Thanks so much :-)
xoxo

I love the concept of not feeding the negative ideas that come to us. Great thought to start the day with,

Thanks

Love, compassion, charity, kindness, purity, joy. We're not just howling at the moon. We possess and reflect these qualities here and now. They are the gift of God.

Thanks Maryl.

Fabulos!! Thank you .

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil for Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. No werewolves in Christ's kingdom.

thank you and I will nurture all the good thoughts today.

And, "...fed by Thy Love divine, we live, for Love alone is life." thanks.

Daily Lift Team:
Quote if from Hymn 30 by Mary Baker Eddy.

Thou to whose power our hope we give,
Free us from human strife.
Fed by Thy love divine we live,
For Love alone is Life;
And life most sweet, as heart to heart
Speaks kindly when we meet and part.

WHOA! You knocked my socks off with that one, "which wolf will I feed"? Thanks for giving me a cold cup of water and waking me up.

Being an animal lover or all species, wolves are among some of my favorite animals. The analogy of the good/bad one is so easy to remember in keeping one's thoughts pure and uplifting. Also the additional sharing by other readers of the lifts is so rewarding too. Gratitude to all participants.

"the unction of Love.'" MBE (Message for 1900 p.11)
Thank you Mary for your wonderful lift.

Thank you Mary! Wonderful food for thought - it willl start my day just right!

Thank you. This is a wonderful start to the day! Presented with so much love we can't not hear the message and want to "follow" it. I liked the idea of feeding the good qualities and nurturing them.

Thank you Maryl and to all other lifters!

Such a wonderful metaphor, the two wolves. Yes Lori #40. I do that too, I get a thought that I recognize as error and mentally say, "No! Enough!" and then reverse the thought to what the pertinent true or good thought would be. Proverbs 23:6-7 tells us:

6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:

It's a similar thought to starve error and feed truth. The error or evil is just illusion and what we feed that is good is the only true reality, aligning ourselves with Divine Mind. As we think in our hearts, so we are.

Thanks so much for this lift Maryl and to everyone posting their insights. This is a great way to start the day!

Alan 2/12/13
I love the idea of feeding thought. What are we feeding our thoughts? So to remain watchful of our thoughts is always "putting on the whole armor of God." Thanks Maryl.

Thank you, Maryl, for “Nurturing right thinking and acting … choose a quality … our true nature wins out … we truly are children of God …”

The Cherokee Grandfather story is one of my favorites. It fits well with Christian Science, which encourages us to and instructs us in how to choose the right wolf or right thinking. As a Scientist, I test to prove for myself what’s true, according to God's laws. So, after hearing that story, I did what you suggest. I chose a quality of character and just lived it on purpose all day and it did grow! And as I choose daily, what blessings flow!

Living under God's laws demands our full attention to the high standards set forth in Christ’s Christianity. But it’s not as hard as it might seem because, as you say, it’s our true nature. So, the wolves become increasingly easier to identify. We’re alone in which wolf we choose; but, we have each other’s example and encouragement in shared testimonies, as we praise our God/Good by how we live, beginning in thought. Deep thanks for sharing the Grandfather's testimony! Our Father is over every Cherokee and all! And I praise our God/Good!

I would only add: I’ve learned that we don’t have both good and evil within us. But they seem to be! In fact, evil is not a power at all. But it seems to be! We need to challenge every mortal “seeming” with the “seamlessness” of the Truth of our being. Good is the only power and we are in the image and likeness of Good only. We need to feed that good wolf! :-)

Thank you Maryl!
Got to feed the good wolf today,
and as Johnny #42 said The wolf shall lie down with the lamb!
Also loved #9 the dragon story!

After hearing today's Daily Lift, I looked up the word Nurturing in the Dictionary, (Merriam Webster) and found one of the definitions to be very interesting. It means to TRAIN. So to nurture thought is to train the human mind to let go of it's false self and accept "That Mind which was also in Christ Jesus." In this way, we realize our true thoughts of accepting our true view of ourselves and FOREVER release the false.

Daily Lift Team:
Quote is the sixth Tenet from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, page 497, line 24:

And we solemnly promise to watch, and pray for
that Mind to be in us which was also in Christ Jesus; to
do unto others as we would have them do unto us; and
to be merciful, just, and pure.

What an unforgettable Lift. Although I do not believe in starving any animal, the 'bad wolf'' is now on a starvation diet unless he changes his ways and becomes a 'good wolf''. I always try to watch my thoughts but sometimes those bad negative feelings try to creep in, but no more.
Thanks so much Maryl, and the rest of the Daily Lift team. You are being fed by our Love.

Terrific Lift and comments.Thank you! I was catching myself recently worrying about something and not expecting good and caught myself, prayed and corrected those fears and things ended up going very well. Love this story of the wolves to help me be alert even sooner!

My dad was part Cherokee and I remember him telling me this same story when I was little -- and now I appreciate the spiritual insight you've given to it, Maryl. Thank you.

Maryl, thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing that wonderful story with us. What ever I focus on is what will grow and bear fruits. I will keep this in mind and I know I will never forget it.

Thanks, Maryl!
Just wonderful!

Maryl.thank you so much for the word today. I had heard the story .But it involved two dogs. so powerful. In Christ Love

it is superb and so well shared. Thanks a million.

Thank you Maryl for this wonderful Lift. I had just finished re-reading your article "Conversation in Heaven" from a November Sentinel and could so relate to getting distracted by another conversation going on in my head while praying. Then, as I turned on my computer, came your powerful Lift. Indeed, happy nurturing to you and all and may Truth continue to guide us to feed the right wolf. Much love.

Wow. Thanks so much for this thought provoking lift.

Thank you.

lovely story well describing the relative- behavior with the leadership being getting thought aligned with the ABSOLUTE.

Thank you for alerting us to watch our thoughts!

I have heard this story before but I love the way you related it to the teaching of Christian Science. I will share it with grandchildren and friends. Do you have it in written form?

Daily Lift Team:
The Daily Lifts are not available in written form.

Thank you, Maryl, for such a great Lift. The message is so clear and easy to understand. I will work to keep my thought pure and focused on the good. It definitely is the better choice rather than choosing to accept negative thoughts.

And to Troy from Barbados #28: It is so nice to see a comment from you again! I have always enjoyed your insights and lessons. Thank you for sharing! :)

Love and thanks to all....

Thank you. A good way to keep our choices simple. And thank you #63 for underscoring the fact that absolutely there is no dualism in God, Life, or we admit to more than one power, mind or source. Impossible if we ground our thought daily on the First Commandment, the Oneness and Allness of good, God, of Spirit, Mind, Principle. The other is suggestion and has no influence or power over our consciousness or of others'. Mary Baker Eddy says in Science & Health, page 340 that the "First Commandment is my favorite text." The entire paragraph illustrates the incredible power and might of how obeying this Oneness can change the world!

EXCELLENT LIFT! Thank you Meryl, I loved this. As Mrs Eddy advises us to guard the portals of our thoughts and as Jesus told us, as a man is thinking, that is the way that man is. Don't feed the wrong thought, It is possible. In fact it is a must if you want to express the correct thought. Your delivery was so - right on!

Thank you, Maryl. Yes, strength comes within when I choose the right focus each day.

Thank you Maryl for sharing this story. The message is so clear. and #9 the dragon analogy. Again a very clear message and A grateful heart is one of my favorite hymns. Thank you # 63 for making it even clearer. Thank you all for taking time to share with comments on this lift.

Hence the prayer to "Feed my sheep". And the plea in Hymn 90:
"Bread of heaven! Bread of heaven! Feed me now and evermore."

Waking up at 3 am this morning negative thoughts started arguing in my head for next two hours. They were about a project I was working on. They convinced me It should be abandoned, as it was not coming together according to "my" time table and the "logic" in my head. At 5am I decided enough was enough. I knew I would find help in the Lesson.The third section about Spirit having no element of self-destruction and also that evil is destroyed by the sense of good, got my attention and I was able to let go of the negative thinking and resolved to go forward with what was in my heart and not "my" head. Later in the morning I read the "perfect" Daily Lift and so appreciated the example of feeding the wolves to the experience, leaving the evil wolves to starve and self-destruct and the good wolves to thrive and prosper as well they should!

I love that story, Maryl. Thanks so much for sharing it. I used it in my education classes for prospective teachers, both in Child and Adolescent Literature as a very practical piece of oral literature and in student teaching for both practice and for mentoring with children--so very useful. It also illustrates that the Christ idea has been teaching and mentoring in all ages and in all cultures, sharing the truth about our need to discipline our thought and nurture our spiritual senses to know and feel who is feeding us.

Claire London
Thank you for bringing in the child thought, very helpful.

Thanks, Maryl, this is a wonderful message. There are so many lesson tucked inside this lift. We do have a choice which wolf we are feeding. When negative thoughts try to creep in, I can stop and feed only the good wolf.

Thank you Mary! It's so good, I had to share your Daily Lift on my Facebook.

Wonderful Lift today. Great reminder about watching our thinking and keeping it on the side of good only. After all, evil isn't real, no matter how much it feels or talks, or how it resembles something which appears to be good. It's always good to check our thinking often and feed it with the bread of Truth and Love.

Wonderful and very interesting message/Lift, thanks Maryl! The 'Cherokee Indian' story made me think of Jesus' Biblical parables of the "sower & the seed" and of the "tares & wheat" - both in Matthew Ch.13. Included in the book, "We Knew Mary Baker Eddy, Second Series" (pp.24-25) is a brief explanation by MBE of the "tares & wheat" parable. I have a bookmark entitled "Advice from a Wolf" --- a 'Good' wolf. (The advice may of course, be interpreted both spiritually and practically.) Here's a sampling: "Be at Home in Nature, Keep Your Den Clean, Stand Fur What You Believe, Stay on Track, Be a Leader". Thank-you, all Lifters and the DL team! God bless. Amen.

Thank you so much. Your lift presented such a graphic visual There's no way I'm feeding the angry bad wolf after that!

Thank you

Thank you Meryl! I just recently started getting the "Lift"s. So it's good to hear these truths voiced so well.

Thank you Maryl, this is another very good message. I am so very grateful for these "Up Lifts" each morning. My gratitude and love to all the DL team .

Maryl, I plan to use this with our Sunday Schools students - so clear and perfect!

Super simple, super clear, so UNIVERSAL - many thanks to you, Maryl - and ALL.

Thank you Mary , this is the perfect thought needed today to share with a friend in need.

Thank you!

WOW beautiful lift, If we thought of Christ Jesus being with us during every conversation we had with others, what words would we choose to say, which words would we choose to not say. what thoughts would we choose to think and which thoughts would we cast out of thought. "The Battle is not yours , but Gods.

I love my loving, spontaneous SMILING mother's religion, Christian Science. You couldn't be more right about choosing the right, loving, Godlike thought. In a large real estate Board of Directors meeting, the Board asked the secretary what she thought of the new law proposed to undo red-lining real estate in the '60s. Her response was a quote from the Bible she knew so well, 'Have we not all one Father, hath not one God created us.' There was no more discussion on the subject only quiet. I believe her response to their question was responsible for moving us out of what was to be a violent seemingly war zone that seemed hellish according to the news. Our new surroundings were quiet, peaceful even heavenly. She and her family didn't have to 'go through' the hell. She stood for Truth and was not afraid to speak it although it seemed an unpopular idea at the time with the people she worked with. Her practice of Christian Science is how I will always identify this religion.

Hey Maryl, my mom just called to tell me I had to listen to this with the boys today. She was so excited about it! We have just done that and it was lovely! Thanks for sharing this! Lots of love, K

Thank you.Very inspirational.

Along the lines of what Tony shared, I share this from S&H: “Gazing at a chained lion, crouched for a spring, should not terrify a man.” So don't argue against your guaranteed safety, eternally secured joy, or heaven-decreed health, or, that "Thy Maker is thy Husband." (Bible)

And this from Miscellaneous Writings: " Envy, rivalry, hate need no
temporary indulgence that they be destroyed through
suffering; they should be stifled from lack of air and freedom." Like the "bad wolf" do not feed these passions, for, as many have already observed, "the wolf shall lay down with the lamb." The "bad wolf" is a lie, and we never feed a lie.

I am presently working on cherishing certain qualities I want to be more clear about.

Thank you Maryl!
Thank you DL community, love you, love all the wide and varied posts both in content and geographically. How special a forum this is, this oasis, where we are all able to gather, drink, comment, share..

Great to see you Troy.

Nice post Alabama..

Loved it! I saw a sign with a similar message on a marquis of a local church which read, "What You Feed Grows" How true for all of us.

Practical and BRILLIANT!!! Thank you sincerely Maryl, and all who contribute to these inspiring Daily Lifts!

WOW !!!! Thank You .... :-)

Good work Maryl,
Great application Troy #28.
Scott. Alberta.Canada

Oh I love this. Can't wait to share it with others.
Thanks Maryl

This is excellent and really worth thinking about.

Mary, great lift, wonderful story, super for SS too. Thanks so much for this DL!

Thank you, Maryl, that was so very helpful. While sitting here and absorbing that wonderful DL, I was thinking that we all have a choice and I remembered that the word 'choice' was in a favourite hymn - No.258, which starts off:

"Oft to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with falsehood,
For the good or evil side."

Indeed, what state of thought will we feed today? What quality will we nuture today?
Thank you again.

Along the lines of what Tony shared, I share this from S&H: “Gazing at a chained lion, crouched for a spring, should not terrify a man.” So don't argue against your guaranteed safety, eternally secured joy, or heaven-decreed health, or, that "Thy Maker is thine Husband."

And this from Miscellaneous Writings: " Envy, rivalry, hate need no
temporary indulgence that they be destroyed through
suffering; they should be stifled from lack of air and freedom." Like the "bad wolf" do not feed these passions, for, as many have already observed, "the wolf shall lay down with the lamb." The "bad wolf" is a lie, and we never feed a lie.

I am presently working on cherishing certain qualities I want to be more clear about.

Thank you Maryl!
Thank you DL community, love you, love all the wide and varied posts both in content and geographically. How special a forum this is, this oasis, where we are all able to gather, drink, comment, share..

Great to see you Troy.

Nice post Alabama..

DL team, use this version:

Along the lines of what Tony shared, I share this from S&H: “Gazing at a chained lion, crouched for a spring, should not terrify a man.” And another similar quote: “By looking a tiger fearlessly in the eye, Sir Charles Napier sent it cowering back into the jungle." So don't argue against your guaranteed safety, eternally secured joy, or heaven-decreed health, or, that "Thy Maker is thine Husband."

And this from Miscellaneous Writings: " Envy, rivalry, hate need no
temporary indulgence that they be destroyed through
suffering; they should be stifled from lack of air and freedom." Like the "bad wolf" do not feed these passions, for, as many have already observed, "the wolf shall lay down with the lamb." The "bad wolf" is a lie, and we never feed a lie.

I am presently working on cherishing certain qualities I want to be more clear about.

Thank you Maryl!
Thank you DL community, love you, love all the wide and varied posts both in content and geographically. How special a forum this is, this oasis, where we are all able to gather, drink, comment, share..

Great to see you Troy.

Nice post Alabama..

what a wonderful and simple analogy - I love it! Thank you

Maryl,

WoW! Thank you! I keep going back to this lift. It is one of my daily prayers - feed the good lion!

No matter how loud that evil wolf howls and growls, I will not feed it!

Found this buried in my inbox and can't tell you what a blessing this is - exactly what I needed for today - over a month beyond its broadcast. Thank you!!