Tag Archives: Love

A Simple Act

When I was in my late teens I thought I was having a heart attack but it proved to be a collapsed lung instead. The doctors said the lung might heal itself. It didn’t. It was like a balloon with … Continue reading

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New Hope For Alzheimer’s Disease Victims and Their Loved Ones

I believe that one of the most terrible diseases is Alzheimer’s/Dementia because it robs people of an incredible gift and resource, their memories. I just saw an article that offers new hope for those afflicted and affected by it. Here … Continue reading

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Too Stubborn and Selfish

On the way home from our at-least-weekly Date Night this evening, I flashed back to the comments a good man said to my then-fiance’ and me 34 years ago, when we were about 20 years old. We’d asked him to … Continue reading

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Small Things Done With Great Love

Most of you have probably heard the famous quote from Mother Teresa that “Small things done with great love will change the world.” I like that saying but believe it leaves out a key point: Small things done with great … Continue reading

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Commentator Award: THANK YOU!

Sorry, everyone. I’m still figuring out to do some things on this site, so I’m changing the last post I sent so much that I’m treating it as a new post and including a bunch more nominees for the Commentator … Continue reading

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Sometimes Even When I Aim For The Moon I Still Manage to Shoot Myself In The Foot!

A friend whom I’ve known since about the 4th grade shared this quote: “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we … Continue reading

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To Live In The Presence of Great Truths

“To live in the presence of great truths, to be dealing with eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals, that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises … Continue reading

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Love, Grace, and Gratitude

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude” — Denis Waitley I don’t know about the “every minute” part, but I’ve found that happiness … Continue reading

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Eight Lanes Of Danger

Eight Lanes Of Danger Aug 8 2011 Before this blog morphed into what it has become today, it was started as a convenient way to share songs and stories that I’d writen or co-written. So I thought it was high … Continue reading

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For and Against

When I see news articles about people being against war, global warming, violence, poverty, drugs, crime, and many other things, I’m reminded of a brief story I heard about Mother Teresa. During the Vietnam War, anti-war protesters invited her to … Continue reading

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