Category: Love Others
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Beyond My Reach…
Fun fact: the span of your outstretched arms is approximately equal to your height. It’s a beautiful fact of Devine design, as illustrated by DaVinci in his Vitruvian Man. Your reach far exceeds your span. “We think in secret and it comes to pass – Our world is but our looking glass.” James Allen, 1864 –…
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Quote of the Week…
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” Napoleon Hill, 1883 – 1970
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Quote of the Week…
“Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.” Arnold J. Toynbee, 1889-1975
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Welcome, Stranger…
It is easy to dismiss or avoid contact with strangers; those who express their culture, love, gender, nationality and religious beliefs differently. I believe all people are deserving of equal treatment and acceptance, but living that truth is a different matter. While I work to fill social gaps created by a recent move, I encounter…
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Pretending…
I recently engaged in a pretend world with two experts, my 6- and 9-year-old granddaughters, while visiting our daughter and her family overseas (more on the joys of travel in Wednesday’s Substack post). We played the Restaurant Game because I had made them each an apron with pockets for their notepads and pens, because in…
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Quote of the Week…
“Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving.” B.C. Forbes, 1880 – 1955
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Delight in the Light…
Yesterday was Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, and yet, it falls during the season of light; candles in various faith traditions flicker amidst strings of bulbs adorning houses and trees. While my family celebrates the birth of the Christ Child (in faith-based as well as commercial traditions), I appreciate and respect other…
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Quote of the Week…
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama, 1935 –
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It’s All About The Love…
In last Wednesday’s Substack post I mentioned the 10 ELAN Principles by which I strive to live. ELAN was a self-development course I created and facilitated a few years ago, hopefully to the benefit of all who participated. These principles have since informed my life and these posts: 1. Honor a Higher Power = Love God by…
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Quote of the Week…
“Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.” George Eliot, 1818 – 1880
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