Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality
Christmas, Light, Hope, Winter Solstice, Memories
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Days 288-292 – A Picture of God?
“What keeps you you and me me? Who made this law? Who said it is true?” Continue reading
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Days 286-287 Sixth Annual International Caregiver’s Day
“There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering and too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through… Continue reading
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Days 281-285 – The Secret of Old Age
Everyone wants to know Mom’s secret. “I brush my teeth after dinner so I won’t eat anymore,.” she told one person. Continue reading
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Days 279-280 Summer Days
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting ~ a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a… Continue reading
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Days 274-278 – The Power of Fun
What does fun look like to one CEO? Continue reading
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Days 272-273 What Do You Love?
Erie Chapman’s provocative Journal essay has stimulated much thought and discussion among Journal readers (Days 267-271 – The Courage to Live and to Die?. Most people would agree it is important to talk with their physician about their wishes for… Continue reading
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Days 267-271 – The Courage to Live…and to Die?
On July 21, 2015, Gill Pharaoh, a healthy & happy retired nurse entered a Swiss clinic & voluntarily received a life-ending drug. Why? Continue reading
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Days 265-266 Serenity
May God grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.-Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) I wonder how many of us have uttered these words in moments of despair; either… Continue reading
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Days 260-264 – Seeing The Wind
"Those things are beautiful which please when they are seen." – St. Thomas Aquinas Her eyesight was among the best of anyone who ever lived. Yet, she probably never saw a sunrise nor would she recall seeing a… Continue reading
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Days 258-259: The Moon Swayed
"The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary."-Alfred Kreymborg, Old Manuscript. In reverence of blue moon rising and memories etched in sky's delicate parchment. T’was magical, watching her rise up, when she… Continue reading
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