hope
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Optimism
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde We were at the Botanic Gardens Monet Pool enjoying the tranquility surrounding us, when, suddenly, clouds covered the sun and fat drops of rain began to hit the water with a big splash. Behind the clouds, the sun’s…
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Challenges
There is always a gift in any challenge. Bronnie Ware. Life is made up of challenges. Some small, some catastrophic. Let me begin with telling you this comes under the small category. My hope is in facing challenges, of any size, we are able to learn something through the experience. A couple of months ago,…
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Faith Revisited
There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen The first time I saw Sacre-Coeur Basillcia it was silhouetted against a brilliant blue sky. Climbing the stairs to the entrance and finally stepping inside, I felt a sense of peace, This wasn’t the feeling of awe I had…
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We Need a Little Christmas
For I’ve grown a little leaner, grown a little colder. Grown a little sadder, grown a little older. And I need a little angel sitting on my shoulder. Need a little Christmas now. We Need a Little Christmas, Jerry Herman For many of us it seems, this year especially, we need a little Christmas. The…
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Waiting
Patience is something I can’t wait to have. Todd Stocker On my past birthday, that little voice that whispers in my ear said, “Don’t be concerned about the future. Give it six years. Looking back, you will find there is little reason for concern.” So, a couple of things come into play here. First, in…
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Promise of Spring
I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older. Virginia Woolf I was thinking about spring when I came across this Virginia Woolf quote. Autumn has always been my favorite season, yet I find I am drawn to spring, more and more, as the years pass. Maybe,…
Aging with Grace 