Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: peace, love and understanding
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It's been a morning of sadness for me. A morning for shedding tears. Several emails waited quietly in line to inform me that a friend from my DuPont days was killed over the weekend. Roger wasn't one of my closest friends out there – I'm not sure if we ever even worked the same shift,…
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…discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~ Henry Ward Beecher May all of us have thankful hearts this day. No matter where we are, what our circumstances, what our nationality or religion…
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Gray skies accompanied me and the pups on my walk this morning, but they didn't reflect my thoughts for a change. Even though I'm missing Tom, it's been easier for me to focus on my blessings lately…just in time for Thanksgiving! Because of that, I was able to appreciate the soft gray sky and the…
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Each of us stands our ground, doing our best to remain upright through the elements… We're pushed and shoved by the weather… By life. By time. We have our own space, separate from the rest, vulnerable to the wind in just a slightly different angle than the next one… …but that's good, because…
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Years ago, my grandparents had a little cabin near Lake Medina, in the hills west of San Antonio. As you can see from this photo of Grandad on the front steps, it wasn't much to look at…and "little" is an understatement… But in my mind, a weekend at the cabin was a trip to Paradise!…
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(Click the image to learn about Blog Blast for Peace) "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27 "Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make,…
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On my way out of the local drugstore yesterday afternoon, unable to resist a big CLEARANCE sign, I paused beside the aisle of Halloween merchandise, before remembering (duh!) I don't decorate anymore. That's when I spotted something green and red in the corner of my eye. No…it couldn't be. Not yet! I allowed myself one…
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We should never be ashamed to own that we have been in the wrong, which is but saying that we are wiser today than we were yesterday. Alexander Pope Thank you Mr. Pope, but I'm still ashamed to tell this story – I fear I'm no wiser than on the day it happened. But the…
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A rainbow arched across the sky right in front of me last night as I headed down the highway toward Austin. I mean, right in front of me, crossing from one side of the road to the other, with the most crisp, sharp color spectrum I've ever seen in a real rainbow. It was like…
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I'm still hoping to post part 2 of the Shallue Vacation 2010 later today, but I came across something during my break from sweating that I wanted to share right away. (Tom and I are tidying up outside… mostly taming the overgrown weeds and cleaning up the "puppy playpen" on our porch.) My friend Gina lives…
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