The Duck Who Flew Upside Down
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From the Heart of a Grateful Man
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Category Archives: Healing
Falling
My mind often flows in mysterious ways. I’m in Illinois visiting family. Snow fell last night. Outside my window is a beautiful white vista. My grandtwins are making delightful experimental sounds with their mouths in the background. One crawled for … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Friendship, Gratitude, Healing
Tagged Anger, compassion, daughter, despair, desperation, frindship, Grief, Illinois, illness, kindness, Love, man, men, parenting, poison, power, strength, wretch
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Priceless Gifts from a Homeless Stranger
I almost didn’t notice her as I drove by on the way back from a last-minute shopping run for forgotten items for Christmas dinner with extended family. She was all alone laying on a sidewalk on Christmas Day. The sight … Continue reading
Choices and Pain
I believe that when people go through awful experiences–especially situations where other folks hurt us–we have a choice. We can choose to let what we went through become an excuse to close our heart in an attempt to protect ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Choices, Compassion, Courage, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Healing, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, My Written Works Misc., Non-Fiction Writing I've Done, Observations, Pain & Grief, Suffering
Tagged choices, courage, decisions, heart, I believe, joy, lasting joy, my beliefs, observations, pain, paths, suffering, will
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Loving Towards Healing
(Source: A friend shared this Exploring the Truth’s photo) I’ve found that most often fighting against something creates more violence and destruction, while loving towards something often creates healing of the human spirit and our world. With Love, Russ
Posted in Healing, Love, Making the World a Better Place, My Beliefs, Observations
Tagged healing, Love, loving, quotes
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Increase the Dose!
Source: Smile At Me With Love, Russ
A Child’s Smile and Laughter
I often write children’s stories and books with very silly characters and situations. That because I love to see children smile and laugh. Sadly, there are many children who don’t have much to smile or laugh about. Many are fighting … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Children, Healing
Tagged abuse, burn survivors, children's books, gifts, ill children, illustrations, notes, poems, seriously ill children, survivors
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The Choice
In response to a recent post titled, “One Of My Heroes And A Quote That Helps To Explain Why”, a reader asked, “How do you do that–leave it (Ed. note: hatred, bitterness, anger) behind? That is an excellent question. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Attittude, Breakthroughs, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Feelings/Emotions, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Growth/Learning, Healing
Tagged Anger, bitterness, chains, cling, Forgiveness, free, gifts, hatred, hppy, prison
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Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 