Last night I watched the first round of the NFL’s draft. Don’t ask me why, because I’m not sure myself. Suzy was at book club, and I kidded myself that I needed to watch because of my upcoming book, A Game of Inches. Truth be told, there was no good reason to watch it. As part of…

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Less desire means less pain — Buddhist Wisdom   Not being a follower I am not sure about the above quote’s meaning. Maybe my Eastern spiritualists friends can help me here. My reaction is probably wrong. My daughter asked me the other day if I ever had a broken heart. It is not a question I…

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  We are charged with the responsibility, each in our generation, to work for the continuation of life. — Traditional Council of Elders Perhaps, as a society we have fallen short of our responsibility to educate the next generations that follow us how to live in harmony and to understand why certain laws exist. Have we left…

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I thought when we got older things were supposed to slow down. Instead it seems that life and the world are spinning faster, not slower. It may be the product of all those time-saving devices we have all acquired. I do know one thing — ceaseless activity is not part of God’s plan for any…

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  When the death star in the original Star Wars destroys an entire planet, Obi Wan says that he felt a huge disturbance in the force. The force in Star Wars is described as “an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.” There are times I believe in…

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