life lessons
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A Different Person Then
The Bird Girl, Sylvia Shaw Judson, Savannah, Georgia “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”— Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Weren’t we all different people then? We are the sum total of what we’ve experienced through the years. If I think back forty years, or even twenty, I’m…
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Let August Finish
The Last days of summer. Photo by my son “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard Suddenly, the calendar has sped forward to the end of August. The hot days at the beginning of the month will soon cool and slide into the evening chill of autumn.…
Aging with Grace, Annie Dillard quote, August, Autumn, changing seasons, Childhood memories, end of summer, fall, family memories, Gratitude, life lessons, living in the present, nostalgia, passage of time, savoring the moment, seasonal reflections, September, Simple Pleasures, slowing down, Summer Memories -
The Portrait We Paint
Life imitates art far more than art imitates life. Oscar Wilde If you think about it, we are the artists of our own lives, and what we create is uniquely ours. The portrait we paint of ourselves is a composite of nearly every aspect of our lives. We decide, at least to some extent, what…
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Not Today
“What do we say to the god of death? Not today.” Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin Coming a little late to the party, we recently finished watching all eight seasons of Game of Thrones. As I suspected it might be, the series was extremely violent. I had heard that many viewers were disappointed with the…
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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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One of Those Days
But I am very poorly today & very stupid & I hate everybody and everything. One lives only to make blunders Charles Darwin Looking through my photos to choose something for today’s blog, this bear seemed to best typify my mood. Darwin might sympathize. It’s encouraging to know even he had challenging times. My day…
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Authentically You
Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived. Mollie Marti Today is September 1. I know autumn doesn’t officially begin until September 22, however for me it begins on the first day of September. I put up a garland of leaves and pumpkins…
Aging with Grace 