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Beyond Morsels. . .
Beyond Morsels. . . . When one needs a fire to rest by, one often has to build it first. But no fire made by other hands warms as compared with effort gone into the building and fanning of one’s own flame. ***** You cannot list the world’s disorders without revealing yours in duplicate. You…
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The Laughter. . .
In a lifetime of many years, certain things stand out as a moment imprinted on a mind to last forever. One is the good fortune of living as a neighbor to a family of daughters. Their laughter in the course of days that presented worrisome events, was the hallmark for life, that somehow my own…
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A Place Of Rest. . . .
There can be less stress and stronger heartbeats if the persons involved could call upon what it is they know to help relieve situations, and if not situations, then relieve themselves . In every place, in every nook and cranny that houses a soul, there is a place to go. If not physically, then within. …
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Gift of Thought. . .
Unless you can share your heart, you cannot enter into a liaison with anyone and raise a family. ***** Take love and use it and it will heal the rift which threatens to become a chasm man will never be able to cross by himself. ***** To ask in thought for help presumes the presence…
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Little Mercies. . .
Little Mercies. . . Dickens said. . . ‘I wear the chains I forged in life’ For better or worse we forge them link by link. And I like to think they are good habits of ours that I call little mercies or the more common, tender mercies. I felt this many…
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Think It Through. . . .
Think It Through. . . All thought which holds the life’s crucible for an Other’s well being is prayer. Any conversation which holds the good of Others in its heart is prayer. ***** What seems like a tragedy in the absurd and obscure is indeed a well thought out and prescribed drama. . . oftentimes.…
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The Global House. . . running toward a truth. . . .
The Cost Of Life. . . Priceless Some old beliefs are a security blanket that have been dragged along through centuries and already are thread bare. The nap has been plucked off by nervous fingers tightly holding to isolation and keeping those not like us outside the circle. Some beliefs need to be kept and…
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New Glimpses and Compensation. . .
Compensation. . . There was a time when summer was upon us that I was scurrying to order wood so that it would have a full season to dry. I was also then listening intently for the cicadas to start their mating call because I knew that the first frost was due 6 weeks…
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Back Talk. . .
Back Talk. . . I say. . . Give me time. . . You say. . . I already have. How much time do you need? I say. . . Just a little more. I never had time to do what my soul yearned to do. You say. . . But you…
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Observation Expert. . .
The only thing I am an expert on is being an old lady. I am not a vet nor a dog trainer, nor a whisperer. What I am is an expert in observing; people as well as sentient life, or not sentient. I have seen God in a Rock. So be it. What I…