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Grief

Why Bother Sharing Grief?

Why Bother Sharing Grief? Sharing good times is easy. Sharing hard times is not. Yet, I do not think we are meant to carry heavy loads of woe alone. Sorrow, though  personal, is also  universal. None of us make it through this life without bumping up against sadness and loss. We do not get to…
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Health

Why Bother To Cultivate Silence?

Why Bother To Cultivate Silence? I am fortunate. I have a habit of waking up at 3:00 a.m. without an alarm clock. This early hour is my favorite time of day. Everything is still and relatively quiet in my neighborhood. Even the birds are silent. They don’t start singing their songs until around 3:30 in…
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Gratitude

Why Bother To Let Freedom Ring?

Why Bother To Let Freedom Ring? It is the 4th of July weekend. Tomorrow is Independence Day. It is the official day Americans remember and celebrate how our country came to be the self-governing country that it is. The American Revolutionary War put an end to Britain’s rule over the colonists and America established itself…
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Family

Why Bother To Notice Nature?

Why Bother To Notice Nature? Every spring a pair of ospreys return to the old nest, located at the top of a tall pole a block or two from my house. From my kitchen window I can watch them as they work together to add fresh sticks and new seaweed to their worn out home…
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