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Once Upon A Time
This from the teacher’s notebook. . . . . . . This should really start out with once upon a time. And we do. . . .for once upon a time when humans took form there was an openness about them which we can say was almost biblical. Until the fig leaf, for various reasons,…
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The Obligation Of Knowledge
The Obligation Of Knowledge The Teacher speaks. . . .When you realize that understanding is a bigger or heavier burden than not understanding, your behavior or course of action is already decided. The reason is this. When you have the knowledge, you have the obligation. Not knowing the reason for a person’s behavior gives one…
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I Would Teach
I Would Teach There is one thing I would teach if I could it would be that who we are is always safe. A reader who caught the essence of what I was saying, had commented on a post that it made her feel safe. More than safe I would add, …
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Industry And Creativity
Industry and Creativity Our world needs our arms and legs and talents. Heaven needs our industry to keep our planet afloat. We are industrious and we are also creative. And to be both is what life is all about. We construct our lives by what is imaged and we create in physical space what…
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To Research Oneself
The Teacher Speaks. . . . .For the one who searches the Heavens for his answers and then hopes to find the answers in his actions, his activities and in the midst of his affiliations, he might find them there if he chooses so. But chances are the answers he seeks will be in his…
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And We Live Again
the music tangles in the wind of muted sound and we live again When our son became seriously ill and I could not find holiday cards that spoke to what my heart carried, I started to make Christmas cards. The first card was made with construction paper and carried a poem of mine that I…
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A Silent Thank You
Hey there, mister. . . .are you ready? Almost, he says and in a few minutes he appeared. Where are we going, he asked and I said to do some errands . We can walk and because it is early, it is still cool. We did not hurry along, just sauntered. As we came…
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Invite The Heavens
It is a sacred alliance, this familial connection. So much depends on it. What happens within four walls is more important than what happens on the outside. What is happening in the world at large was predicted when my generation went out the front door to kindergarten. Character is formed within the first five years…
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Become The Friend
When the burlap arrived I began to learn how to work with the fabric. My first attempts were successful because they were the tried and true ones that I used with ordinary fabric. This wall quilt was the first attempt to write directly on the burlap. It became a quilt that built itself as I…
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The Road Hardly Ever Chosen
A Teacher Spoke. . . . you spend time patching up the grill work only to find that the holes are supposed to be there for that is the way it was designed. That is where it is you are. That is where we have come and there is no turning back but straight on …