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Love is the Answer
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.”
Read MoreBody of Work
Pam Slim is a Misfit. Yes, a misfit – someone out to change the world. She’s written a book called Body of Work. She said at the Misfit Conference “the purpose of a good life is to create a body of work that you are proud of.” I heard that in May and thought ‘what…
Read MoreDo You Have A Happy Spot?
It’s a good practice to surround yourself with little pieces of beauty. You’ve heard of giving yourself little motivational talks, or posting a saying to the mirror and speaking it out loud each day. Those things work, when you remember to do them. I‘m suggesting you place items you love within eyesight of where you…
Read MoreGiving Up What for Lent?
Jon Swanson is a preacher friend of mine and he wrote this article about Lent. Then I read an article by Naomi Simson that suggested giving up using your phone in the presence of others for 21 days. Each year at Lent I try to give up something. The idea is to give up something…
Read MoreStart Small
I woke up today and realized yesterday was not a nightmare. It really happened. All those kids were shot and killed. CNN had an article that said the shooter was “quiet and reserved”. First he killed his mom, who was a teacher but not at that school, and then he went to that school and…
Read MoreThanks Eddie
I’ve known Eddie Cristobal since he was born four months early. He was tiny tiny tiny – and he lived. He’s been a little pistol since then! Eddie is now 7 years old and leading a charge to help his hometown of Keyport, NJ have a Christmas. Eddie and his mom live in North Carolina…
Read MoreOctober is National Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. It’s an opportunity to bring to light those activities that are not okay. When I was a junior in high school I received an anonymous letter stuck in my locker. It said, in essence, that I was a pretty girl and smart and if I could just lose…
Read MoreA Garden View
The birds outside my window make the leaves of the trees wiggle in the sunshine. I see flashes of yellow finches and happy go lucky barn swallows flit and fly here and there. There’s a beautiful old bench, with plenty of room to sit. See the white flowers, and the red tree? I can’t see…
Read MoreWriting my obituary
No, I’m not dead. I’m not sick. In fact, I’m quite well and very much alive. But I got to thinking about my life, my work and my family. It all started when a family friend died and I was reading his obituary. It was an extremely cool one. You read it, and you just…
Read MoreThe Little Drummer Boy
Today’s guest blogger is Melanie Mayberry. Mel writes about stewardship, and I believe Thanksgiving is the perfect time to talk about how we are (or are not) stewards. I would guess nearly everyone sings along to the familiar tune of “pa rum pa pum pum” this time of year. In the lyrics, the singer relates…
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