Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Days 326-327 If Only…
If only we try to live sincerely, it will go well with us, even though we are certain to experience real sorrow, and great disappointments, and will also probably commit great faults and do wrong things. But it certainly is… Continue reading
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Days 320-321 Little Glimmers
A woman with a scarf over her head hoists her six year old up onto the first step of the school bus. “Good-bye,” she says. A father on the phone with his freshman son has just finished bawling him… Continue reading
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Days 313-314 The Wonder in Everyday
Note: Guest Reflection by Terry Chapman PhD I’m sure you’ve seen the video of a jet plane in trouble as the oxygen masks drop to the terrified passengers below? Giving yourself oxygen first before giving it to kids or other… Continue reading
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Days 301-305 – Autumn Sun?
Anais Nin wrote, “We do not see things as they are./We see them as we are.” Why do you & I see the identical picture in different ways & thus experience different feelings? Continue reading
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Days 299-300 Hope In The Midst of Struggle
“Everywhere I looked, hope existed – but only as some kind of green shoot in the midst of struggle. It was a theological concept, not a spiritual practice. Hope, I began to realize, was not a state of life. It… Continue reading
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Days 294-298 – Different Kinds of Theft
A 1974 bank robbery serves triggers discussion crimes that are worse than breaking written laws. Continue reading
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Days 292-293 “The Whole of Who We Are”
“The only way to become whole is to put our arms lovingly around everything we’ve shown ourselves to be: self-serving and generous, spiteful and compassionate, cowardly and courageous, treacherous and trustworthy. We must be able to say to ourselves and… Continue reading
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Days 287-291 – Angels or Ghosts?
By reimagining our life stories we can disarm Fear. Bullies that terrorized & betrayers who disappointed can become the scared beings who found no other way to act. New stories can light our way across Fear’s bridge to Love’s lake, home… Continue reading
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