Leddy Hammock

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Inspired by "Allowing" by Susie Hulcher:

"It's all about allowing, allowing peace within, in absolute surrender so serenity begins. For when the storm subsided, and calm becomes a wave, it's all about allowing it to stay.

It's all about allowing, allowing love to flow. It's setting down your burden and just simply letting go. For as you cease to struggle and love pours through your heart, it's all about allowing it to start.

Now, feel it warm and shining, new with promise, strong, undying, Love different than any you have known. And, now the seed is sown.

It's all about allowing, allowing change to show, then living in the moment like it's all you'll ever know; … It's all about allowing it inside."

Leddy Hammock

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Inspired by lyrics by David Roth to his song, "I Stand for Love," adapted (text in purple) for our Annual Meeting 2 22 26 with permission from the songwriter.

I stand for love, I stand for peace, I stand for joy and for release,
For what is beautiful and true. I stand for hope. I stand for you.

We stand for Truth that sets us free. I stand for you; you stand for me.
Then let us build a house of prayer to welcome friends from everywhere.

At last, the time is now at hand to live the Truth we understand,
To build a church on love that's real, we build on faith as strong as steel.

Where we will stand for love and peace, we'll stand for joy and for release,
For what is beautiful and true. We'll stand for hope; we'll stand with you.

For what is beautiful and true,
We stand for hope; we stand for you.

Leddy Hammock

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From lyrics to "More Love" by Lezli and Dawn:

I'm game for making friends quite easily; I freely give respect to everyone and appreciate when goodness is returned as we choose more love.

It's worth it all to experience the freedom that an open heart can bring when I choose more love.

I avoid being sarcastic. I prefer to see a simple smile. I'm too happy to be cynical. Kindness works much better every time I choose more love.

I don't imagine that I'm magical; I'm just thinking of this life that I'm creating for myself when I choose more love.

Leddy Hammock

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From lyrics from "Love Cover Me" by Gary Lynn Floyd:

With every thought I make, every last breath I take,
May I be gracious and kind. Love, cover me.

Love, I invite you to open up this heart of mine.
Kindness wash over me. Love, cover me.

Love cover me, I will not be shaken.
Love cover me, may my heart awaken.
Love, cover me.

Love cover me, light any darkness, right every wrong.
Cause me to see love over hatred. Guide me to be faithful and strong.

Love, cover me.

Leddy Hammock

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Lyrics to "That's What Love Is" by Lisa Aschmann, Karen Taylor Good, and Freebo

It's a whisper you hear in the midst of your fear. It's revealing.
It's a part of the heart and it's just who we are. It's so healing.
It's the power inside, always wins over pride, never judges.
And it strengthens and comforts us all. That's what love is.

It's the healer of souls, makes the broken ones whole and completed.
It's what gives you the strength and the hope when you're feeling defeated.
It's a compass and guide and it won't be denied, so we trust it.
It's the light in the dark of it all. That's what love is.

And it's patient and kind, and it's deaf, dumb and blind to the madness.
It's the Ace of the Dealer of Truth, it's the healer of sadness.
And it takes us all higher, it lifts and inspires all it touches.
It's the best part of being alive. That's what love is.

It's beyond right or wrong and it's not weak or strong. It's not winning.
For the young and the old, it's a brave and a bold new beginning.
It's the peace and the hope and it helps us to cope; it's forgiveness.
It's the light that will always endure. It's eternal and simple and pure.
That's what love is.

Leddy Hammock

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From lyrics to "If I Were Brave" by Jana Stanfield:

I am brave!

What would I do if I knew that I could not fail? If I believed, would the wind always fill up my sail?

If I were brave I'd walk the razor's edge where fools and dreamer's dare to tread,
And never lose faith, even when losing my way. What step would I take today, if I were brave?

What would I do today if I were brave? What if we're all meant to do what we secretly dream? … Like the mighty oak sleeps in the heart of a seed, are there miracles in you and me?

If I refuse to listen to the voice of fear, would the voice of courage whisper in my ear?
What would I do today if I were brave? I am brave!

Leddy Hammock

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Inspired by lyrics to "The Grand Design" by Greg Tamblyn:

"…We're all threads in a tapestry, woven together, your life and mine, 'till our hearts and roads are intertwined. The road of life may lead us far from where we all begin, but sooner or later,
The hands of time weave us back in to the Grand Design.

Our path divides, we take our chances, and pray our loved ones will understand us…. We navigate by heart. But, in time, we come to learn that every road is part of the Grand Design….

We could rise up high, see the long road, how far we've come and where we'll go, see how our pathway crosses the others, we know how much we need each other. In this living tapestry, each thread is someone's road and one day, from a higher place, we may know the Grand Design.

It's something I believe and now I find it comforts me. I've come to love the mystery.
The Grand Design is with us all along, a last goodbye, a newborn's song, and, in the end, we all belong, to the Grand Design."

Leddy Hammock

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Inspired by "Salutation to the Dawn" by Kalidasa (Sanskrit, ca 4th or 5th century, CE).

"Look to this day! For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence:
the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty.
For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow only a vision, but today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day! Such is the salutation of the dawn."