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Category: Encouragement
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After the storm, sunny blue skies and clear moonlit nights. Still lots of wind and the temps are chillier, but the clouds are gone for now. The day after Sandy, St. Augustine, Florida.
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Do you ever feel lost or scattered? Is there really comfort in groundlessness, as some buddhist teachers suggest? In groundlessness, there is nothing to hold onto, no anchors… Is that the true story? That everything we hold onto or use to anchor ourselves is an illusion…about to change or already changing?…
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It's a feast for some of us- as good as it gets! Me, I'd be scared to death! Kite surfers, St. Augustine Beach, a few storms back! Half of the answer to the riddle: What is the difference between a seamstress and an illusion? An illusion seems so,…
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"Look at me, I'm tall as a tree!" In a novel/detective story that I have recently finished reading, the main character defends his choice not to have children by explaining that they start out so well, being loved and cherished and protected and then they turn into us – adults with tons…
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Figures of dogs have been found in caves thousands of years old, almost always protecting. Dogs are top of the list of animal partners in our modern age, yet the more we make friends with the multitude of other critters on our planet, (and not just cats, my sweet companion), the more…
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A late walk on the beach. Surfers crisscrossing the sand like businessmen with their briefcases on a busy city street. More sea beans reaching out for life than ever before. A sweet sunset that stretches out over the ocean. On the way back, a lovely labyrinth, gladly walked, and a young boy with his…
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Don't be late!
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"If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." I learned this song a very long time ago in Brownies, and never really thought about the words, other than to clap my hands and stomp my feet at the appropriate times. Is it really possible to be happy and not…
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In many seaside towns there are sculptures of families waiting… They say that we all have someone waiting on that distant shore, ready to meet us. I guess we won't know for sure until our time comes, but there are a couple of dogs and cats that I would love to see…
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