Meditations
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Days 179-184 – Portrait of Quicksilver
Science tells us what goes up must come down. Spirituality tells us what comes down must go up. The body’s destination is earth. The soul’s is heaven. The best portraits picture both – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 172-176 – Sequential Tragedies
We are stronger than we think. We are more vulnerable than we imagine. That is why citizens of stricken towns say, “I never thought this could happen here!” Continue reading
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Days 167-169 – “…the seam of glue that binds us”
What is that “seam of glue” that binds you to another? Does its strength ease your longing? Continue reading
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Days 158-162 The Imagination Behind Gifts & the Journal’s 15th Anniversary
Gift giving can haunt us. It becomes easier when we note David Whyte’s counsel: “…it is the imagination behind the thought that counts, made tangible through gifts that find their definition through being twice blessed.” Continue reading
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Days 151-155 Got Short Term Memory Loss?
Time for everyone to drop the phrase, “Senior Moment.” Seniors have more to remember because we’ve lived longer. Take comfort that occasionally forgetting names does not indicate a disease process. It means you are human. Continue reading
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Days 137-141 The Gravity of Rain
One of my mother’s great gifts was her love of rain. It is not science that communicates rain’s true gravity. Only poets, film artists, writers & painters can suggest what rain means to the heart. Continue reading
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Days 130-134 What 80 Years Taught George Will
“There is,” as George Santayana said, “no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.” Continue reading
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Days 123-127 – The Finest of Fine Arts
Caregiving is, in fact, the finest of Fine Arts. A good thing to remember during Nurse’s Month. Continue reading
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Days 116-120 – Women, Men & God
Which sex is, by nature, closer to God? Men, women or neither? If the issue is violence, men lose. 98% of mass shootings are committed by males. Peace comes through surrender. Men find that teaching excruciatingly difficult to practice. Continue reading
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Days 109-113 – When Water Falls
We began life in Water’s womb. Her waves, or lakes, her streams are poems. Especially when water falls. Continue reading
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