During this last bit of time in 2012, I’m even more convinced to follow Barbara Brown Taylor’s suggestion that 2013 be a year of frequent adventures, grand projects, honed skills, and feats of daring. Although the daring part still has me stumped. Oh well, I’ve still got over 24 hours to complete my list of…
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New Year’s Resolutions
Yes, it’s time to take a few minutes and think about those New Year’s Resolutions that we promise ourselves to keep, and usually are all but memories by mid-January. I usually make a long list of wishes for the new year and pass it around to my family. I thought I’d share a couple with…
Anxiety
I once knew a woman who said she “spent half her time doing things, and the other half worried about what she’d done.” To worry or regret what is past and gone is time worse than wasted, for it does not change anything. Nothing drains the life energies more than this mental torture. This is…
Power of Sympathy
The philosopher Will wishes for super powers, but unbeknownst to him he has at least one, we all do – the power of sympathy(empathy). We do not understand why, but a sense of peace and strength comes as we look into a face perhaps for the first time; we hear a voice, and something within…
Present Day
After writing yesterday about the fact that Peace will come, I thought I’d better balance my thoughts with a view of the present. We too often, especially during Advent, hasten through our days with but scanty pleasure or enjoyment. We look hazily to some distant time for fulfillment. The best conditions for future happiness lie in…