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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
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Days 238-242 – Why Time Does Not Go Fast
“It all went so fast,” fools say, eyes ever-fixed on the clock, instead of the moment, crushing decades into one sentence.-Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 232-236 – A Life-Changing Question
“In this world/ we walk on the roof of hell/ gazing at flowers.” Might you illuminate the shadows in another’s life today & paint light into both your hearts? Continue reading
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Days 224-229 – The Rise & Fall & Rise of Hope
When “the world is too much for us” a caregiver’s kindness raises hope. Continue reading
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Days 210-214 – I love you even though…
It is easy to love you when you are kind & not when you are stern. It’s simple to love your wit & complex to comprehend your self-pity.I don’t like your anger, do like your apologies, don’t like you calling… Continue reading
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