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Life is Practice

January 6, 2011

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”  Marian Wright Edelman Life is practice.  Being faithful to that which is before us in each moment is the [...]

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Vision Requires Practice

January 3, 2011

“Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath.  Today, we are a pious and exemplary community.  Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever.”  Mark Twain Like many folks, I use the [...]

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Newborn Babe

November 10, 2010

As a newborn babe I crawl from my mother’s womb And stand on wobbly legs in the new world; Wash the new body that has just been So tenderly born from a lifetime labor, And walk to stand before the fire. I raise my face to your infinite sky And feel your touch of grace: [...]

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Strengthen the Life Around You

July 1, 2010

July already.  We’ve been in Georgia for only two months, but it seems like a lifetime ago that we left the northeast.  Odd how time flows.  Interesting that I have relaxed so easily into the comfortable lap of Georgia after 25 years away.  How good and right it feels to be here.  Life strengthens me. [...]

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Peace Begins with Me

June 10, 2010

I was running errands the other day while fuming.  I was upset.  When someone pulled out in front of me, I cussed at him in my mind.  A moment later I got out of the car to pump gas and noticed the little sticker I have on my bumper:  Create Peace.  How can I create [...]

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