103. Free – Not Freeze In the June 21 posting, I mentioned my involvement in a goal setting program called “Best Year Yet,” and my motto for one of my years. Another year my motto was: I Make Choices That Free Myself, Not Choices That Freeze Me. I...
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September 29, 2012 Ann
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102. Words, Words, Words I’m back to writing about words because I think they’re so important. As children we chanted: sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me. And it’s just not true. Words can wound and wound deeply. As Emily Dickinson wrote:...
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September 28, 2012 Ann
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101. Three Kinds of Time There are three kinds of time. The first is represented by a circle and it includes all those kinds of time that repeat themselves—the seasons, clock time. moon cycles. The second is represented by a line and that includes historical time—I was born...
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September 27, 2012 Ann
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100. Song Dedicated to Thich Nhat Hanh In 1988 I wrote a song which I dedicated to Thich Nhat Hanh. The words here give you some idea of a small part of what I have gained from this man. Peace – One Step At a Time — Sometimes...
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September 26, 2012 Ann
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99. Thich Nhat Hanh It’s hard to believe that this is my 99th posting and that I started on June 19th and it is now September 25th. AND hard to believe all of that and that I have not once mentioned Thich Nhat Hanh. He is a Zen...
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September 25, 2012 Ann
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98. Dance at Day’s Start and Finish I have always liked to dance – not ballroom dancing – but creative movement. And a couple of days ago it occurred to me that at age 79 I didn’t have to give it up and could reintroduce it into my...
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September 24, 2012 Ann
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97. “Be” for Someone This is the day of my one-woman show in Sparta, NJ and it has been momentous preparing for it. Pulling musicians together. Teaching the final song to a few grandchildren. Getting the program finished (ten pages). Preparing the patter between songs or readings. Publishing...
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September 23, 2012 Ann
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96. I Am Not the Center of the World I wrote this song in the 1970’s in a time when I thought I was the hub and the children and the home and the husband all depended upon me and I had to come through one hundred percent...
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September 22, 2012 Ann
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95. Keep On Going I’ve written about having gone to Dalcroze in #23 in these Things I’ve Learned. And another thing I learned there was to keep going. In sight singing as we worked with singing a piece of music, the teacher kept saying “Don’t lose your place,...
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September 21, 2012 Ann
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94. Handful of Quietness I have always loved the words in the Revised Standard Version of the Bible for Ecclesiastes 4:6 – Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and striving after wind. Years ago I wrote an choir anthem using those words...
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September 20, 2012 Ann
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