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Category Archives: Spirit: Essays.
Thought for the Day. Fate versus Destiny.
We may not be able to prevent disease or injury or life challenges ranging from job loss to family deaths to war, but whatever fate comes, we control our destiny— We control how we respond to what happens in life. … Continue reading
Posted in Mind: Education and Understanding, Spirit: Essays.
Tagged destiny, fate, life story, self determination
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Spirit/Essay. For Whom the Bell Tolls.
U.S. Senator John McCain will be buried today, one of many people throughout the world: some famous, many little known, too many unknown except to families or to God. Some people will have no one to bury them. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Spirit: Essays.
Tagged combat veterans, death, faith, God, Hemingway, John McCain, life, reflection, service, war
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Spirit/Essay. The greatest teacher, failure is…. Yoda. Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
My breath caught when Master Yoda’s spirit gently said this to the man who had once been his pupil. The power was not in the wording of the line, but in how it was said. It was said simply, in … Continue reading
Mind/Spirit. Learning from Living. What is Wellness?
Once I was asked to define wellness and realized it was not only more than physical health, it might be beyond health, at least at some times or for some people. I struggled until I found words that fit— Body, … Continue reading
Posted in Mind: Education and Understanding, Spirit: Essays.
Tagged family, Nature, possibility, reflection, wellness, wholeness
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Spirit/Essay. Of mirrors and marathons. Reflections five years after Hell came home.
It is April in New England, and the marathon has come again. Since 2013, race day is not a simple joy anymore. It is the anniversary of a bombing. It is the day we learned how strong we really were, … Continue reading
Posted in Religious, Spirit: Essays., Spiritual
Tagged Boston Marathon bombing, chronic illness, death, faith, God, life, managing stressful times, reflection, terrorism, violence
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Spirit/Essay. The Road Home.
We are all on the road Home. We simply do not know how soon we will get there. Although it is April and should be spring, there are still rare patches of snow in shaded spots. Yesterday’s rain began as … Continue reading
Posted in Religious, Spirit: Essays., Spiritual
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Spirit/Essay. Mindfulness in the Snow.
I went into the backyard to pick up toys before they might be buried by an unexpected late winter snowfall. At some point I stopped looking at the ground and watched the birds around our feeders. I saw a red … Continue reading
Spirit/Essay. Finding Power in Powerlessness.
Once, I thought empowerment was finding abilities and building life on use of them. Then I survived a summer of powerlessness. One July day, I met an email friend and drove her to Salem. As a European, she was fascinated … Continue reading
Posted in Spirit: Essays.
Tagged death, Doomsday, Empowerment, September 11 thoughts, violence
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Spirit/ Essay. I heard the bells on Christmas Day… Hear them again.
I grew up in Pennsylvania where Christians included kids who went to churches like mine, kids who attended Greek Orthodox or Roman Catholic mass, and kids who had the daily prayers and Sunday services of the Amish and Mennonites. One … Continue reading
Posted in Religious, Spirit: Essays.
Tagged Christmas, Christmas bells, faith, God, gratitude, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, love
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Spirit/ Essay. A Question about Hats, a Matter of Heart.
When I was little, I loved watching people in their Sunday best, especially the elegant lady who made me think of Queen Elizabeth. I realized, though, that coats and hats and outer finery generally came off in the cloak room. … Continue reading
Posted in Spirit: Essays.
Tagged December, faith, God, history, Mindful Inclusion, Thanksgiving
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