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Gleanings From Living Long
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What if you really really loved yourself and you stopped beating yourself up? Think how (and don't take this the wrong way), everyone around you would be much happier?! What if lollygagging at least half of the time is what it's all about? Could you love yourself better? The…
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Water is the architect of much of our world. Beaches are rearranged daily by oceans and tides. Snow is rained upon, melts, and refreezes in amazingly similar ways. And this wonderful creature spends all of her time in water and the lines along her body are a lot…
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This azalea looks so happy!!! No matter where you prune an azalea, it will bloom there, at the end of the stem. Would that we were all so willing to thrive, no matter the scrapes and cuts that come our way. Perhaps we are… after all, humans are considered to be…
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If you get into a funk (and we all do from time to time), can you approach your confusion with love? Can you stop worrying about the particulars, especially with people, anyone, and worry more about loving them? Not in a way that you give love away, but more that you are sharing…
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If you go away, and you wish for a winter wonderland, if only for the few days that you are away, and it HAPPENS(!), timed perfectly for your safe arrival. Well, the best response is… Thank You! Beautiful! Wonderful! Thank You! Baltimore's 14 inches of wonderful! (At least for this travelling…
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How to relax: First – find a comfy chair. Next – remove your head. (This step is only necessary if the chair is smaller than your body with the head on.) Then, stretch out just so, and put your head back on, (if you want to)! And, finally – RELAX!
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A day that didn't start out well, turned into the perfect summer day. Difficulties can open up to good feelings and times, if we don't get too bogged down in the details. Three special nieces at Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore.
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Clap your hands if you believe in faeries… Ladew Gardens meets Peter Pan.
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According to Webster: woof: the threads interlacing at right angles with the warp in a woven fabric. When we are young, we think we should chase sadness away, banish it as though it were something dirty and undesirable, only to have it pop up again and again and again. As we age, we…
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Now here's a gruesome thought… (bear with me) Since we – each and every one of us – (except those magicians among us) are going to die one day, then we really are the living dead. Rather than being a depressing thought, this idea has the potential to liberate us from the…
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