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Praying On the Go
54. Praying on the Go I have a Blue Jar System of Prayer that is especially effective on days I’m going to be at home and at the same time have a lot of things I am trying to get done. Many times I…
Egoscue Works For Me
53. Egoscue Works For Me Today marks two years that I have gone to an Egoscue clinic—and two years that I have done their exercises and positions 5-6 days a week. Before I discovered Egoscue I had had a knee surgeon tell me that…
Pitch Your Tent
52. Pitch Your Tent I mentioned in #13 having a couple of years when I went to the national Clown, Mime, Puppet, and Dance Conferences. I heard the following story at one of those events. And it is true. There was an Episcopal bishop…
I Can’t Make You Be Mad
51. I Can’t Make You Be Mad Have you ever said to someone, “You make me SO mad!” Years ago I learned that that’s just not true. Because my reaction to someone else is my decision. I decide to react in a certain way…
Celebrate
50. Celebrate! I have friends who know how to celebrate. For over forty years I have watched their whole family celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, highschool graduations, special times. And as they celebrate, they are acknowledging as a family that each person deserves recognition. They are…
I Can Do One Thing for Peace
49. I Can Do One Thing for Peace I write this on August 6th, the day of the bombing of Hiroshima, and I remind myself each year that it is up to me to work for peace. Some years ago when I lived in…
Yogi Berra Says…
48. Yogi Berra Says There’s a quote (among many) from Yogi Berra that says: If you come to a fork in the road, take it. Doesn’t it make it you smile? And yet, there’s wisdom there. Sometimes you come to a fork in the…
Jesus Loves Me
47. Jesus Loves Me I don’t remember it because I was so young, but my mother used to tell me that when I was two years old, I stood in front of the church and sang “Jesus Loves Me” all by myself. When I…
Mystery Box
46. Mystery Box There are answers I will never have. There are things I may always wonder about and not know for sure. And most of the time that’s o.k. with me. At the Bible Study I have attended for the past nine years,…
A Wisdom Story
45. A Wisdom Story I can’t remember exactly where I got this story but it has been a powerful one for me and I am still trying to learn from it. There is a story of monks who lived in a monastery in the…
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