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Why Bother Hunting for Easter Eggs?

Why Bother Hunting for Easter Eggs? Easter egg hunts have no religious significance and it is difficult to connect eggs with the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Yet, the tradition of egg hunts and bunnies remains just as strong as the celebration of the resurrection. The History of Easter Egg Hunts Just…
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Beauty

Why Bother Living Peaceably With Our Neighbors?

Why Bother Living Peaceably With Your Neighbor?  Every spring I anticipate the return of a pair of ospreys to their old nest located at the top of a tall pole near my house. From whence they come, I do not know. How they find their way back to the same nest is also a mystery.…
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Humor

Why Bother Giving Others the Benefit of the Doubt?

Why Bother Giving Others the Benefit of the Doubt? Last September, on my way to work, I got a speeding ticket. I deserved it. I was going thirty miles an hour in a twenty-five mile an hour zone. It was not my first speeding ticket. I have a lead foot, but it had been quite…
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Gratitude

Why Bother Making a House a Home?

Why Bother Making a House a Home? Recently, a friend of mine moved into a new apartment and asked if I’d come and help her arrange things in her new space. Of course I accepted her invitation for help.  Her new apartment is small, but there is plenty of natural light, and a high ceiling,…
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