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Gleanings From Living Long
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Another birthday come and gone. No big resolutions, just keep the spirit high as best as I can and be true. Thanks to all dear friends and family, I love you!
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Safe enough to sleep wherever exhaustion steals you away and to know that you are surrounded by family and friends. Faith that you are loved and accepted for who you are and that you can love like that too, without expectations. And a heart big enough to see the blessings wrapped…
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Little feet in the ocean for the first time. "It's cold, mommy, what are you trying to do to me?" Spoken, of course, with a cry for mercy, the language of the tiny ones. But the water is delightful, once you get used to it! Like life – once you…
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Is the oak tree burdened by the spanish moss that adorns it? My dad used to say to us, "You are the joy of my declining years." (He was in his 40's when he said this!) Twenty odd years earlier, he was a young father of 4 children under 4 years…
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Looking after a little guy who is 13 weeks old and listening to him gurgle and sigh and coo and poop and fart and watching him eat like there's no tomorrow, and stretch and grab and seeing the smile that melts hearts, there is the feeling that we really don't change all that…
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Buddha kitty. Everyday a retreat. Sitting meditation. Yoga. Chanting. Two light meals a day. There is a calm centeredness about cats. They spend a lot of time alone and it suits them. Petting one can be meditative and calming. They are little buddhas among us.
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There's nothing half so much worth doing… If you can finish this phrase from The Wind In The Willows, then you will know that it doesn't go with this photo, but is equally true!
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Our self limiting beliefs, the ones that thwart our forward progress, where do they come from? (everything on this planet is of this planet except this planet) Our cells, our genes, carry memories, not only from our immediate relatives, but from our distant ancestors too. (we are just recycled star…
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This is a photo of my Dad when he was just a boy, only 5 years old if the date on the cart that he is smiling in is to be believed. He still smiles and laughs and makes fun of people he doesn't know. He just turned 89, and struggles with memory…
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The sea oats are beautiful again this year, thanks to the abundant rainfall. Are you getting the nourishment that you need to be beautiful? (cue violins and get ready for an info-mercial…just kidding!) But if this were an advertisement, it would be for Happy Living. A story… There is a…
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