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The Confusion of Crossed Signals. . .
The Confusion Of Crossed Signals. . . A young psychologist family friend and I were talking about the many problems concerning the young returning veterans in his practice. And the many suicides among them. Remember when I said there were many grave problems and one of the reasons why was they had mothers and…
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Agile Thinking Makes Connections. . .
Agile Thinking Makes Connections No procedure is complicated if allowed to draw itself from the boundaries which were once considered appropriate to it. And any change necessary will be accommodated when proper procedures are instituted. I wonder the comment a friend made when I said I learned a philosophical principle during my woodworking that…
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We Are Stewards. . . Accountable. .
It has been about five years since I started my blog at the insistence of a perceptive grandson who thought his grandmother should be heard. So he set me up on my blog and I have been writing three and four times a week. Poetry, essays and vignettes, excerpts and paradigms and observations. Prayers…
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Do You Hear?. . . .
Do You Hear? Do I have more minutes to finish? There was no time for answers because the little one with a dash was out of sight. In a few minutes he was back and announced, I finish. Having learned to wait while private things were finished, I waited again while he proceeded…
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Beneath The Wings . . .
Being the child that I was, rooted in memory solidly, I could not help being a trial to my mother. Having seven other children of normal vintage , she could compare easily and wonder loudly why I had to be different. It was not by intent but by inclination of the tree.…
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The Power Within . . .
The power to change the world begins with the intention and the desire to change ourselves . We must become the person we want someone else to be. We want the compassion , the love, the intelligence , the strength, the ability to see the larger picture, to see what they …
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A Blessed World. . .
With my life long lack of physical prowess , it is with despair I faced getting from one place to another . Long plane rides always had me looking for either a pharmacy or a doctor . It was not fun. Even as old as I am, recuperation from a journey takes…
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An Ever Fixed Mark . . .
love is. . . an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken. . it is a star to every wandering bark. . . Shakespeare I awakened with these lines committed . I who never commits her own work to memory and realized that this…
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Pondering The Imponderables. . .
After a harrowing time for our country, we draw back to breathe and wish for uneventful, or common good. For me at this time, I come forth after a nightmare of a month that began with a simple ear infection, migrated the following week to a root canal and ended two weeks later after…
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The Laws of Compensation. . .
Too late I learn life holds the sharpest knife. Cutting the loaf accordingly and with compassion passes the butter. The Laws of Compensation do prevail and it is a lesson most do not like to think about. Retribution for whatever deeds is a commonplace happening but there will always be those who think the die…