Thanks to all for the Happy Birthday wishes. I had a wonderful time in New Orleans. We were joined by Walter and the 14 year old philosophers, along with Rebecca and her family, and Kelley. It was wonderful to watch the cousins immediately bond. I grew up with an extended family of cousins, and we…

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Old men ought to be explorers Here and There does not matter We must be still and still moving Into another intensity For another union, a deeper communion. – T.S. Eliot, “East Coker”   It’s not hard to figure out that my birthday is tomorrow when I’m writing about “old men.” I love T.S. Eliot’s…

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I’m traveling today, so here are a couple of thoughts for your morning’s meditation.   The greatest and most important problems of life are fundamentally unsolvable. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. – Carl Jung   First there is the fall, and then we recover from the fall. Both are the mercy of…

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Having a birthday close to New Year’s gives me plenty of opportunity to visit the past. It is difficult not to get lost in regret and to ponder how to repair the irreparable, but no good comes of it. My true work lies with making the best of who and what I am. It accomplishes…

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Now the God of peace make you perfect in every good work, to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight. – Heb. 13:20,21. Be ready to do every good work. – Titus 3:1.  “God of Peace” says a lot. Romans, Greeks, Huns, and Saxons all had Gods of war,…

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