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Dream of Preaching
230. Dream of Preaching As I continue to go through my old journals, I came upon this entry from February of 1997—sixteen years ago. It is here just as I wrote it then: I woke up yesterday with a dream that I had been…
Do You Have a Spoon?
229. Do You Have a Spoon ? I came upon this true story this week. David, my son, and Lila, his wife, and I were at Ocean City and had gone for breakfast at this pretty nice restaurant on the boardwalk. Lila asked for…
Stand in the Sun and Benjamin Franklin
228. Stand in the Sun and Benjamin Franklin In these postings #162 is about being positive and in that I wrote about growing up with the positiveness of Norman Vincent Peale and Pollyanna. Then, just the other day I came across this quote from…
Peace in the World
227. Peace in the World It seems appropriate to write about peace following a posting about Gandhi. And yet, I have fluttered through this entire day figuring out what to write. It’s such an immense subject. I have read extensively over the last few…
Sixty-five Years Ago
226. Sixty-five Years Ago On January 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated. I was 15 years old and I’m sorry to say I was totally unaware of the happening or of the man. On the anniversary of the death of this Gandhi, let me…
Where I Am From
225. Where I Am From In 2006 I went to Kirkridge Retreat Center in Pennsylvania to a writing workshop led by Ina Hughes. She said to write “Where I Am From” and not to write: I am from Indianapolis and was born in 1933….
When – Then
224. When – Then I wrote this today partly because my granddaughter needed a poem from me for the newspaper she’s putting out. But after I wrote it, I realized it was so true for me. I’m not truly a winter-lover. Sometimes I don’t…
Enough? That’s the Question
223. Enough? That’s the Question I have a song that I wrote after my Mother’s death called I Didn’t Know. It’s on my CD and the words to the song start out: — I didn’t know it would be so very hard to let…
Who Can You Change?
222. Who Can You Change? Good question. Do you have the answer? You know the Serenity Prayer that is used a lot in Alcoholics Anonymous groups? It goes like this: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage…
Do You Hear Me?
221. Do You Hear Me? I have been a person for a very long time now with a hearing deficit. When I go yearly to be tested the audiologist has been saying for some time that I have a profound loss. So I wear…
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