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A Selection of Words

Every once in a while, I let you take a peek into my journal, at the quotes I’ve been collecting.  Here are a few recent entries. “It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom.  It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”  —Mohandas K. […]

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Zen

Well, you’ll all be wondering what exactly went on at this mother’s retreat I went to on Saturday, and you’re in luck, because I shall tell you all about it.  Sidle up a little closer, friend, because I’m ready to dish all.  And every mistake I make in explaining it (because really, it’s unexplainable!) is […]

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Quotes I Like Today

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”  –Ralph Waldo Emerson “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.  You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”  –Eleanor Roosevelt […]

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Moses and the Shepherd

For some time now, I’ve enjoyed the brief encounters I’ve had with Rumi’s thoughts and poems.  Rumi, by way of introduction, is a 13th century Persian mystic who wrote down bits of wisdom along the way, and we are the joyful recipients of it. You may be familiar with this quote from “A Great Wagon”–a […]

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Past & Present Wisdom

Before in my blog, I’ve given you a handful of quotes, since I’m an avid collector of them.  Because they’re so pithy and punchy, they sometimes carry more weight than a pageful of prose.  Today, I give you more. I’m in the midst of sorting things out in my mind and am not able to […]

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