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Searching for familiarity…
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. (Jan Glidewell-Times North Suncoast Columnist) When I experience the sights and...
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Can you Hear me?
“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” ~Ralph Nichols A friend, and neighbor, died this week. She...
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Voice back by popular demand…
First off, HAPPY EASTER! I’m driving down the street the other day, stopped at a stop sign and see a large 7-10 foot rabbit in front of me. Honestly, I was not thinking of Easter at the moment. It can...
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Thriving where you’re planted…
“I don’t see much sense in that,” said Rabbit. “No,” said Pooh humbly, “there isn’t. But there was going to be when I began it. It’s just that something happened to it along the way.”...
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The Resiliency of One…
We are not single lost souls floating out there aimlessly without goal; instead, we are like a kaleidoscope of colors, each one with its own characteristics, uniqueness and destiny. Our lives touch,...
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Openings in the Heart…
“Lots of people talk to animals…not very many listen though…that’s the problem.” The Tao of Pooh. This week has been a mixture of pain and love for me. I realize it makes no difference how love...
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Sunshine Blogging Award!
No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Aesop Greek Fable Writer Thank you! Thank you to Anne at Zen and Genki for nominating me! How very thoughtful! Anne has a very delightful and...
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The Clouded Heart…
“Every blade of grass has it’s angel that bends over it and whispers, “Grow, grow.” The Talmud I am often mystified on how the past permeates my present thoughts. It’s not so much the big...
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Opening the Heart-Ringing in the Season
It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you… yes, it is Christmas every time you smile at your brother and offer him your hand. Mother...
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Believe…
“It is the era, the climate of our times that limits and shapes our way of being. The climate of our times, our era, determines what we see as being possible, and it determines what we see as...
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The Razor’s Edge
“For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”...
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Reaching for the White Orb of Cheese
“We stand in our own shadow, and wonder why it’s dark.” Zen Proverb Photo Credit by kariliimat ainen When I was a little girl, my uncle Oscar once told me, in his thick German accent, “Little...
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