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Days 228-232 – Vibrations of Love & Fear
Some believe that all life exists as vibrations; that the bodies we occupy are waves of energy we perceive as human forms. Fear's energy visits all animals. I imagine it as traveling the air in tight, frenzied vibrations… Continue reading
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Days 322-326 – The Rainbow Romantic
The well-matched pair that dwells in Love’s rest discovers her greatest gift is not found in rainbows but in the white light that holds all colors. Inside that light they learn they are stronger than they think they are. Continue reading
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Days 315-319 – Caring for the “Crazy” – The Challenge of “A Fine Madness”
We owe deep gratitude to those who care for the “crazy.” It is taxing, often confusing & can be as depressing as the disease itself. 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 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 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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Days 290-286 – A Person of Value in a Culture of Meaning – The Thread That Holds Your Life Together
For our lives to matter you & I must believe we are people of value in a culture of meaning. “There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you… Continue reading
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Days 273-277 “Provided we stay brave…”
“The forest is mostly dark, its ways to be made anew day after day, the dark richer than the light and more blessed, provided we stay brave enough to keep on going in.” Wendell Berry Continue reading
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Days 259-263 – A Stirring Profile in Courage
[A Top 10 Column From the Archives] As you sit in comfort read this life changing account of super-human heroism by a tiny woman caught in a giant tragedy. Does peace arrive only when we choose to surrender, to let… Continue reading
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Days 245-249 – “I hurt, therefore I am.”
One day during a class, someone referenced Descartes’ famous line, “I think therefore I am.” Instantly, Michelle leaned over & whispered to me, “I hurt therefore I am.” On September 19 a two-month show of my art, honoring the idea of… Continue reading