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Math or Mystery
220. Math or Mystery A while ago I came upon this math problem and offer it here to you to solve or to revel in the mystery of the solution. A farmer died and to his three sons he left 17 cows. His will…
If You’re Looking for a Challenge
219. If You’re Looking for a Challenge If you’re looking for a challenge, or a motto, or a direction for your life; if you’re looking for a resolution for the new year, or a goal to try for every day—well here are some words…
A Mandala A Day
218. A Mandala a Day I’ve been coloring a mandala a day for over a year now—first thing in the morning. I have a three-part ritual that starts with my use of the lap labyrinth. Then I color in a mandala, and then write…
An Image of Dying
217. An Image of Dying I just came upon this poem by Henry van Dyke that I had not seen before. I like the image. — Gone from My Sight — I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her…
More Journal Conclusions
216. More Journal Conclusions As I have continued to go through journals, shredding most of them, I’ve noticed three things. I notice how hard I was working to figure myself out and make changes that would help me be happier and help me be…
My Own Cheering Section
215. My Own Cheering Section I was driving by myself to a home in New Jersey late at night. I had never been there before and knew it would be hard to read directions in the dark car. So I put the directions on…
Pick Up Your Arm
214. Pick Up Your Arm Years ago when I was into cooperative games and what I would call insight exercises, I came upon one that I think about every so often. You put your arm down in front of you on a table. Now…
Excellance!
213. Excellance!!! Three days ago I made a visit to Grammy’s Chocolate and Fudge Parlor in Augusta, New Jersry. I’ve never been to such an establishment and as I entered the store I was met by the almost overwhelming aroma of chocolate! The chocolatier…
I Have a Dream
212. I Have a Dream In the period of time that I worked in the American Baptist Church in Nyack as their lay pastor, that church also housed the Montessori School. Around the time of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, I saw posters all…
The Prayer of a Child
211. The Prayer of a Child In 1969 or 1970 I became a part of a group called the Martin Luther King Singers. It was established not too long after the death of King. And it began as a group that would do a…
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Mama and Me
