October 2010
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What is inside of Us.
There is an objective reality out there, but we view it through the spectacles of our beliefs, attitudes, and values. ~David G. Myers Isn’t it amazing that we all see a different world, a world that is colored by our… Continue reading
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When Death Comes, by Mary Oliver
When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measles-pox when death comes like an… Continue reading
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This New Day!
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. ~Joseph Campbell Yesterday the thought came to me how we live on the scales of worthiness, how time, and… Continue reading
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Love after Love, by Derek Walcott
The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who… Continue reading
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The Journey, by Mary Oliver
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice— though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my… Continue reading
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Until You Move.
It is my day off, and immediately two bookkeepers began fighting for my time, each with a set of rules and regulations for what should/could and would be done on my day off. There are plenty of choices within each… Continue reading
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Postal Pressure Cooker
My five days of work is done this week, my weekend begins on Sunday. Yesterday the man who will begin doing Saturdays for me rode along on the mail route. It is interesting to see how a man looks at… Continue reading
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The Short End of the Stick!
Each day when I am at work, I silently thank my co-worker for wanting the larger route, the one with fewer dirt roads, but much more mail, for every day my route appears to be easy. No matter what day… Continue reading
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Celebrate your differences!
What would be good advice to offer a new couple who just got married, what pitfalls or blind corners do you have to warn them of, when does reality overtake love, and what then is the best thing to do?… Continue reading
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Will you see?
I am falling into a routine of working each day, of getting up, doing yoga, reading, writing, and heading out to toss mail. As I arrive at the Post Office each day, another pile of mail greets me, more magazines,… Continue reading