“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” ― Voltaire We’ve all done it: sat in the church or funeral home listening to someone recount the accolades of the person who has just died. They were a wonderful mother or father or sister or brother. Maybe […]
Read More“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world…would do this, it would change the earth.” ― William Faulkner Do you remember your high school graduation? Who spoke to your class? What words did they leave you with that […]
Read MoreI like to think the abandoned house is happy, burden-free, collapsing into itself like a body that has had enough of living and is ready to let go, to relinquish its heart to any weather, thankful to be at home in nature. The Beauty of Abandonment~Jane Ellen Glasser There are some really neglectful parents out […]
Read More“The world is full of people who have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are they should be living for.” ~Joseph Campbell Exhausted from the activities of holidays, many of us come to January […]
Read More“time wasted is not always a waste of time.” ― Terri Blackstock, Seaside Sitting with the younger gentleman, she wore a beautiful smile. Pulling her binoculars from her bag, she explained that the field glasses would help her to clearly see the man on stage. The younger man smiled as she explained that he was […]
Read More“Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat.” ~Scottish Proverb Waking up in a hospital bed after having been in a coma, Whitney Cerak’s parents discovered that the daughter they thought they had buried was alive. It was a case of mistaken identity. There are many cases throughout history of […]
Read More“My friends are all proud of me, but they’re all addicts and I can’t be around them or I’ll start using.” ~Matt Langley The sentence played over and over in my mind. Matt Langley is a young man in high school. He had gotten hooked on Xanax. For six months, he used a pill to […]
Read More“Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.” ― Mark Twain In words that might have sounded something like grunts had he been speaking, the young man’s text was barely decipherable as the English language goes. Seeing a young lady in person after having communicated […]
Read More“Those who go beneath the surface, do so at their peril.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray People were drinking coffee, having conversations, and looking busy. Some were dressed as if they were going to church, while others looked as if they had just rolled out of bed. That’s how a coffee […]
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