Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Just thinking…
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Love is patient, love is kind… When I heard those words from First Corinthians at Mass Sunday, my mind drifted back to my wedding. Like so many other couples, we chose this as one of the readings in our ceremony, believing we would always be patient and kind with each other. Well, we haven't. Not…
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Think about your life. If you found a way to go back in time to some point in it, would you try to change anything? Would you take advantage of the chance for a do-over? Perhaps swallow some angry words you've always wished you could take back? Or would you leave things just as…
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A thick blanket of fog settled on the Hollow every morning earlier this week. Heading out on my walks, I could only see a few steps ahead before the fog obscured the path. Isn't that the perfect metaphor for life, that our paths are hidden, clouded by so many unknowns? And yet we know…
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This morning raindrops plopped on my head, making me think of that old B.J. Thomas song. I couldn't remember all the lyrics, just the "cryin's not for me… nothin's worryin' me" part. Perfect timing, because as of yesterday afternoon, my dad's back in the hospital with a suspected stroke.But even though I shed a…
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Thinking of those babies in Connecticut tonight, and their teachers. The families left in mourning. Thinking of the young man and how desperately sad he must have been…how full of despair and darkness…to do what he did. Vowing to try harder to be a light in this world, instead of contributing to the darkness.
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There will come a day when I will want to dance, but my feet will stumble. So I will dance today. There will come a day when I'll want to help, but my hands will fumble. So I will help today. There will come a day when I will want to say "I love…
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I bought a Powerball Lottery ticket today. It had been so long, I wasn't even sure how to do it, but the nice kid behind the counter was very helpful. I'm not sure why I decided to throw my numbers into that hat. I know what the odds of winning are (ridiculous!) but in…
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I spent too many years day-dreaming near the tree's trunk, playing it safe, following guidelines I formed for myself (from who knows where) on how I should act, what I should do, who I should be. Then Fifty drew near, in all her daring glory, taunting me, teasing me, luring me out onto the limb because,…
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I dusted and vacuumed yesterday. I'm not sure how long it had been since it was last done, but let me put it this way: I keep photos of the kids on a table near the front door and change them out for each season or holiday (sometimes the extent of my decorating) – and…
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