A Woman’s Strength

May 13, 2015May 13, 2015 / Penny L Howe / 38 Comments

“All too often the strength & endurance of a woman is hidden, surfacing as needed … but always there!” ~ Plh

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I can not emphasize enough the fact that a woman has an astonishing capability when it comes to enduring that which life throws her way.

So … for all you ladies out there, who get up every day enduring, surviving and managing (through all forms of adversity) to thrive … I say Way To Go!

YOU ROCK! DONT STOP! You’re setting an amazing example for the rest of us.

Thank you.

~ Penny

Hope is …

March 4, 2013 / Penny L Howe / 24 Comments

… ethereal, when one thinks about it.

Seemingly delicate, perhaps fragile at times.

~ Hope

And yet these four little letters perform such a big task.

Hope is believing things will improve, will somehow work out …

… when there doesn’t seem to be any reason to.

Hope, it’s the “stuff” of impossibilities, dreams, and miracles.

It’s that special something that makes everyday people into their own heroes.

All this Strength from such a gentle little word!

~ Hope!

A good word to know and feel and most of all … to trust in.

Hope is the quintessential word

to share …

to project …

to believe …

in order to not just survive – but thrive!

Thanks for visiting me, I hope your tomorrow is an excellent one.

~Penny

A Special Day of Remembrance

November 10, 2012November 10, 2012 / Penny L Howe / 43 Comments

I honor every single man and woman who has and continues to serve for their countries.

They, each of them, are heroes for all of us.

Too often they give the greatest commodity there is to give “their lives”. In the world where the rate of exchange (the value for something) is predicated on a monetary value there must be a falseness to this value. In truth there is nothing that has a greater value than life itself! Nothing even comes close!

I do believe in peace. I think most everyone does. And most of us have strong opinions on this.

But none of these beliefs should take away or diminish the fact that all those who serve “on our countries behalf” (on our behalf) in times of conflict and war can be considered nothing short of heroes…

…Because they are.

Many pay the ultimate price and should be honored accordingly. They are average people just like you or I doing an amazingly not average thing. Protecting our way of life. Today is a special day of remembering those who have fallen.

War is a sadness because it always diminishes the most important thing on this planet – Life and it’s pure value! All life, the innocent and those who defend and protect them and those left behind to pick up the pieces and carry on.

Imagine, if you will, someone coming to this planet who knows only love and then is introduced to War and the effects and aftermath. Imagine that this person believed that life is the greatest commodity and that love of all life is the most precious thing there is. This video (from the movie 5th Element) is a short 55 seconds of how a person such as this would react.