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an unexpected reminder
“The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor…” ~ Robert Collier   Yesterday, while on my way to pick up my son from a sleepover, I got a flat...
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carrying the baggage of others
“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong- sometimes it is letting go.” ~ Author unknown   Recently, I have had the opportunity to talk to a friend...
Nov. 6, 2009

looking for purpose (r)
We often hear people wondering about their life purpose. Although this is a subject that can be explored on many levels, and be approached differently by varied systems of belief, the underlying question...
Nov. 5, 2009

the bearded dragon
“Boundless love always manages somehow to sparkle through your limited form.” ~ John Welwood     Something very strange happened to me yesterday. I had gone to...
Nov. 4, 2009

one step closer
“It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe     Tidbit...
Nov. 3, 2009

house guests
“Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your promotion.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson   It is amazing how many of us go to great lengths...
Nov. 2, 2009

daily vitamins (r)
Many people dutifully take vitamins every morning, work out and diet when needed, no matter how time consuming and sacrifice-demanding such steps often are.   The society we live in...
Nov. 1, 2009

if we finally open our eyes...
“It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you.” ~ Lady Bird Johnson   According...
Oct. 30, 2009

shedding the colors of illusion
“Events tend to recur in cycles.” ~ W. Clement Stone     I sat on my deck, yesterday afternoon, and watched the pouring of leaves carried by a warm mid-afternoon...
Oct. 29, 2009



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