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How to Improve the World

June 1, 2011

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”  Anne Frank It’s so easy to complain about what’s wrong in the world, isn’t it?  I wonder how much time and energy we waste in the moaning–time and energy that could be freed up to serve the world. [...]

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Gosling Magic

May 16, 2011

Nuff Said.     Related Posts:Let Your Heart Break Open and ExpandMagical ThinkingHow to Improve the World

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A Taste

December 6, 2010

“Are you not humanity itself?  Do you not touch all things human, because you are its only Witness?  Do you not therefore love the world, and love all people, and love the Kosmos, because you are its only self?  Do you not weep when one person is hurt, do you not cry when one child [...]

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Treat the Earth Well

September 22, 2010

“Treat the earth well:  it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.  We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.”  Ancient Indian Proverb Related Posts:How to Improve the WorldDry SpellsSweet Baby Wren

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Simple Delight

August 4, 2010

I was on the way to the barn to take the horses out to pasture when one of the baby birds who fledged from the garage alerted me to two dragonflies (at least I imagined it was the baby bird from the garage).  I quickly ran back to the house to get my camera; after [...]

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Disoriented in the Woods

April 16, 2010

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that I get a tad confused about my path while walking in the woods—ever since the snow melted.  I remember that I had the same problem for a few days when the snow first fell.  I don’t get lost, but the path simply isn’t as clear.  The [...]

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Headed Home

April 9, 2010
Pine Tree Burst

The last couple of days I talked about what I would miss about the northeast.  Today, I’ll mention some things that excite me about moving back to my home state of Georgia. I was pleasantly surprised by how comforting the familiarity of the land felt to me when I visited our future home.   The many [...]

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Why I Walk in the Woods

April 1, 2010

All taken in Shehawken, PA on my morning walk with the pups. Related Posts:Splashing Inside My ChestSilky Seeds of LifeDelight in the Ordinary

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Splashing Inside My Chest

March 30, 2010

When the ocean surges, don’t let me just hear it.  Let it splash inside my chest! Rumi I think of all the times that I have missed experiencing life deeply; all the times that life flirts with me, invites me, asks me to dance, and I fail to notice.  I don’t notice because I’m distracted, [...]

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How to Stay Grounded During Difficult Times (part 1)

March 23, 2010

In many ways, the world seems to be spinning out of control.  We hear about economic meltdown, peak oil, climate change, over-population, species extinction, and more.  We experience the breakdown of relationships, either personally or of those we love.  The political arena is a muddle.  And the list goes on.  How do we cope in [...]

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