If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. — Buddhist Saying My book club is reading a book called Progress written by Johan Norberg. The first chapter is about food, and all the progress that has been made in…

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I learned that life on a pedestal is cold, hard, unforgiving, and best avoided. — Tori Murden McClure, A Pearl In the Storm. Tori McClure writes that when she was two, she went on a mission to scale a four foot pedestal in her parent’s entryway. One day she made her way up, but she learned it’s a…

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In addition to trying with little success to stretch and pull all of the knots out of my back and legs this  morning’s yoga instruction included some work on my breathing. My instructor told me that when I slowed down my breath, I also slowed down my heart. A lot of good things happen when…

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair. against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God. — Aeschylus. A few weeks ago, I came across the phrase, “the awful grace of God,” in a novel I was…

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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free; Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. –– Chuang Tsu My first reaction to these words of wisdom is to think, “Easy for you to say.” But that reaction is glib and ignores how Tsu’s writings are transcendental while at…

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