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Finding Calm: Embracing Trust in Uncertain Times
Trust and let God worry. – Martin Luther Last week, I picked up the mail and was surprised to receive the towel, in this photo, from my friend, Barb. It is by the artist, David Arms. She has a sixth sense about where my mood is. Helped, I suppose by reading my past few posts…
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Aging Gracefully: Embracing Inner Beauty and Wisdom
Don’t prioritize your looks my friend, as they won’t last the journey. Your sense of humor though, will only get better with age. Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic clock of wisdom. your ability to choose your battles, will be fined-tuned to perfection. Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment,…
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Rediscovering Wisdom and Serenity
Stanley Ma Hang Park, Hong Kong “What is the meaning of life? That was all-a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were daily little miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark…” To the…
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Rediscovering the Impact of Literature: A Journey Through Reading Memories
I cannot remember the books I’ve read anymore than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s 6 AM and, I’m looking out the living room window, watching the sun slowly peek around the corner of a brick wall. I am a morning person and this is my…
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Inspired Eating
When you have the best and tastiest ingredients, you can cook very simply and the food will be extraordinary because it tastes like what it is. Alice Waters Here is my guilty secret. I don’t like to cook. When my sons were still at home, I prepared meals seven days a week. Just basic everyday…
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Days Gone By
The Past Weeks “He sat quietly for a moment, lost in what was now and forever the past. The scene he described would never be repeated. That overheard sound would never be heard again.” Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery My desktop computer died a slow and anguished death. A couple of weeks ago, I realized,…
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Searching for Truth
Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. Wallace Stevens My process for writing my blog post each week is always the same. I approach it as though I were a journalist. On Wednesday, I write a rough draft and the next day I polish it and post it by the Thursday deadline.…
Aging with Grace 