Tag Archives: inspiration

A Letter To My Son on Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2017 by

ORIGINALLY Posted on June 19, 2011 Dear Nick, Vivid in memory are the emotions I experienced just after you were born. The day after you arrived I wrote in a journal about the joy I felt, the gratefulness within for … Continue reading →

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The Thinking Mind: The Playground Bully

Posted on March 16, 2017 by

The thinking mind is very similar to the playground bully of grammar school; the insecure, dysfunction being that over compensates by showing itself to be cruel, unforgiving and completely in control. What “we think” is of our own creation. The … Continue reading →

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Most Often Learned Too Late in Life

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

I came across the following list on quora.com and it prompted me to add one myself. A logical mind is easily deceived and at times simply a liar… James Browning Summary of lessons people learnt too late in life: Just because you think … Continue reading →

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But For the Grace of God

Posted on December 5, 2016 by

My memory of that afternoon awakens thoughts of a sunny fall day.  Back in time a dozen years it was one of those in-between days of not cold yet, but not warm either.  Balanced between extremes that Saturday was one … Continue reading →

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You Have To…

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

First posted on Good Morning Gratitude on July 3, 2014 Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have … Continue reading →

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Unrestrained Innocence

Posted on October 30, 2016 by

First posted on August 27, 2013 When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave … Continue reading →

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Everything…

Posted on October 6, 2016 by

This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up… Keep trying, hold on, … Continue reading →

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Continue Striving

Posted on August 2, 2016 by

  There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally. Michel de Montaigne

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As You Imagine

Posted on July 27, 2016 by

Your eyes are like a mirror… and what you see in me is a reflection of you. CV Pillay

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The Longer I Hold It

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

This story has made the rounds on the internet for a while now, but it’s meaningful enough to pass along again. A speaker walked around a room full of people while teaching about stress management. To begin he grabbed a … Continue reading →

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