Grandmother Danny writes in her Bible, “ It is never too soon to be kind, for we never know how soon it will be too late.” It is not that hard to be kind. A smile as we pass a stranger in the street, a handshake and an introduction to a beggar outside your office…

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I’ve talked before about the miracles of transplants, but you don’t have to be a transplant recipient to receive a miracle. What is your miracle? A Zen Master was asked, “What is your miracle?”  He answered, My miracle is is that when I’m hungry, I eat; when I’m thirsty, I drink; and when I’m sleepy,…

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I find that if I tell the truth, it gets me high every time. — Stephen Gaskin Now I’m not sure that getting high is the best reason to tell the truth. But I do know when I listen to people talk, I know the truth when it is spoken, it has a ring to it.…

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There are times when we need to relax and appreciate. This morning I went for a walk in the park close to our house, and for some odd reason I sat down on a bench and thought to myself, “slow down, relax, appreciate the park, the trees, the ground that I was walking, on and…

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One very popular form of freedom is the freedom to do as one pleases: to sell ourselves to the highest bidder for our work, a home bigger than what we need, and weekends filled with afternoons in front of the TV and evenings of consumption. Another form of freedom is to take care of ourselves,…

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