Category: Love
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The Truth About Gossip…
Hearing a bit of newsy insider info is like biting into a big, red, juicy apple. So delicious. So enticing. You don’t even wipe your chin before sharing it. So what if it’s not true? Isn’t that what makes gossip so much fun? The hilarity, the ridiculousness, the fantasy of it all? What? That’s crazy.…
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Quote of the Week…
“Nobody has ever measured, even the poets, how much a heart can hold.” Zelda Fitsgerald, 1900-1948
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Make Room for Peace…
Peace is elusive, an intangible concept, yet it needs space. It can’t reside in a heart that holds anger, resentment, fear, judgement and misunderstanding; things that lead to hatred even when disguised as witty sarcasm. I struggle with all of the above. Peace inward first, then peace outward. They both elude my crowded, weary heart.…
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Quote of the Week…
“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.” Saint Augustine, 354 – 430
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More Thoughts About Love…
What pops into your head at the thought of love? Valentine’s Day? Your sweetie? Kitty cats and puppy dogs? Fear can keep us from venturing toward love. If love is given, it can be taken away. Loving our neighbors, all neighbors, is driven by our thoughts about love. If it is too precious to be…
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Who Do You Love?…
Do you love your neighbor? All of them? Even the cranky ones who let their dogs leave deposits in your yard? How much do you love the panhandler who holds a cardboard sign day after day? What about the person you like the least? These questions give me pause. I’m fascinated by people watching and…
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Who Are You Wearing?…
It’s Award Season, a bright spot in these sometimes-gloomy months. The Grammy’s are my favorite, for the music, but you can’t beat the Oscars for the haute couture. Avant-garde, classic, understated, absurd. What fun to watch the rich and famous answer “Who are you wearing?” We all wear an invisible cloak. One that has nothing…
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Who’s Your Family?…
At a recent memorial service, I was struck by the number of people who counted the departed as one of their extended family. The pews were not filled with blood relatives, but with loving friends who gathered to celebrate her life and what she had meant to them. My dictionary app describes family as members…
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Love in the Deeps…
In a tiny book called “true love,” Thich Nhat Hanh offers a “telephone” meditation to bring harmony into a relationship. In today’s world, perhaps we could call it Texting Meditation or DMing Meditation. His suggestion to wait a few rings before answering a ringing phone traces back to when we didn’t know who might be…
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Quote of the Week…
“In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.” Henry David Thoreau, 1817 – 1862
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