Wisdom
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Toward Wisdom #1
A year or so ago I was texting family members little quotes along with a brief description of what the quote meant to me and how I was working with it. But eventually the practice fell off. When the covid challenge arose I picked it up again, giving my missives the title, Toward Wisdom. (I Continue reading
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Encounter at Panera
The other day Carole and I walked into the local Panera and placed our order. I went to men’s room while our food was being prepared. There was a gentleman standing at the urinal. I put my hands in my pockets, leaned against the wall and waited quietly. He moved to the wash basin. Soon Continue reading
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Birds and The Art of Living
I took a long pleasant walk along the water on New Years Day. Walking seems the most basic and perhaps profound thing to do as an upright animal and I like to begin the year doing something basic and important. A walk gets everything in order, both mentally and physically. Unfortunately, a lot of people Continue reading
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Greetings (of the Season)
“We must be less than death, to be lessened by it, for nothing is irrevocable but ourselves.” ~ Emily Dickinson, in a letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson * * * I want to ask you a question and you have to promise that you will not do any mental calculations before answering. Continue reading
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Recent Contemplations
To get up early is to exercise self-discipline. With self-discipline, a life, like a day, begins to take shape and everything follows accordingly from there. Continue reading
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Consumption Rejected
It is Black Friday, our new national holiday. Today we are encouraged to attend the Church of Eternal Retail and asked to take communion at the altar of consumption. I was once a dues paying member of this church. I sat in the pew up front, where the big consumers sit, the ones with fancy Continue reading
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