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Thank you Theresa for this forwarded email – it’s for us all
Pass it on-not sure who wrote it but it’s powerful! It’s your life. Are you living boldly? Or are you playing it safe? Safe is risky. Safe is an illusion. Safe is death. Whose life are you living? Yours or someone else’s? It’s your life. Not your parents, brothers, cousins, friends or neighbors. We are…
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The Flood – a poem by me
Funny little anecdotes that people say when you’re having trouble,small things, meant to give some relief or acknowledgement to what is ailing,sometimes wholeheartedly and sometimes flippant, but intention is there for something.Like, when it rains it pours, or this too shall pass, or take comfort in the small thingsall meant to benefit the receiver with…
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Other people’s poetry
Mary Oliver her poetry is a gift here is one of them Photo: Unique Photography Concepts dot com The Uses of Sorrow (In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave mea box full of darkness. It took me years to understandthat this, too, was a gift.
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A Poem
Flock of Birds by Giedrius Varnas @ Deviant Art There are all sorts of ways that we can bond:we can like the same sport or team, tv show or talk show host,we could have watched the same cartoons growing up,or loved the same movies. But most of the timeyou are youand I am over here,and…
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Remember when the world was new
I saw a friend’s picture of her daughter’s first grade class. It was the official school picture, you know, the ones with the teacher standing to the side and all the kids are lined up by height in rows. Except in this picture, the teachers allowed them to make the silliest faces, just brilliant. It’s…
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Life on life’s terms
Sometimes things can be very overwhelming. Bad news in the media, at work, at home, in the neighborhood can make life seemingly unbearable and sometimes even horrible. There’s a tendency sometimes to oversimplify, throw out suggestions such as ‘make a gratitude list’ or even shine over what is going on. While these have been things…
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Love, Actually
There is a film with this title and what comes to mind in this movie is the relationship between the characters played by Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, two of my favorite actors. There’s this moment that breaks your heart, where one spouse catches the other in an almost affair. I remember specifically the moment,…
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Letting Go
Big day is coming and this week has been a flurry of planned and unplanned tasks. I felt really heavy and burdened by a number of things and then the unplanned and unexpected happened. Yesterday came some perspective. Not necessarily the “see the bigger picture” but more like, “connect with the reason why all of…
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Guest bloggers
I’m considering inviting some guest bloggers to blog on here.One, they can use this for their own sounding board.Two, it offers my readers a view other than mine.Three, it may just be a fun little exercise in letting go and testing my control issues.Your thoughts???
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