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Oct.26.2012
October 26
FISH OF CHAOS
Out of chaos come very tiny fish, well, maybe not fish but a very swimmy feeling. How can I go around with my feet off the ground, my mind racing on a squirrel cage? Breathing helps, breathing is someplace to start. Once I get...
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Oct.25.2012
“MORTAL DANGER – MILITARY ZONE," announced a garish red and yellow sign. "Any Person Who Passes or Damages the Fence ENDANGERS HIS LIFE.”
Like a...
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Oct.22.2012
October 22
THE PRIVILEGE OF SUN RISE
I wake, happily, at 5:30. I will again see the show beyond compare. In stark contrast to the mornings I filled with moping or sober angst, shades of the same dark color, I shuck my covers, bathing and dressing with purpose...
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Oct.16.2012
Change is the only reliable constant. I sometimes wished I could pledge my life to a convincing reality. For me, what is derived from facts or beliefs in our culture often lacks a vital ingredient – the acceptance of the continuous process of harmony unfolding from cycles of necessary chaos...
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Oct.15.2012
My walking time has dropped. A busy schedule forced cuts; that's where the cuts were applied. The daily average has dropped down to almost two miles a day.
I've amended my exercise by hopping up onto the Stairmaster in the evening. It does cause me to ooze with sweat in the way I...
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Oct.13.2012
October 13
BATTLESHIP
If the first is a guess, what is the second? Paranoia? Or worse? Action is a blessing, reaction a debilitation, and to twist from reaction to self-doubt sinks the battle and the battleship. When I can’t make sense, the gift is...
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Oct.04.2012
Many writers feel called to write books that inspire others to create change. Maybe you are one of them. If so, your book might cause readers to change their personal lives, habits, work, health, relationships, thinking, or spiritual practice. Or your book might move them to create change in...
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Oct.04.2012
When I was unemployed I would have days of inertia. I believed that nothing was going to change. I was stuck in my version of Groundhog Day. My mind played a continuous loop of, I can't make anything work.
Usually after hiding in this black hole for a couple of days, I would emerge,...
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Oct.04.2012
McClatchy reports that the "The Weekly Reader" will no longer be found in classrooms.
Change happens, but the WR was part of my young life and helped me learn to read and understand the world, fostering my enthusiasm for learning. I can't say that I'll miss it, as I haven't seen...
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Oct.02.2012
Why do people turn on their neighbors? Why do friends become enemies? Why do whole populations who have lived peacefully together try to destroy each other? Why does life turn into a terrible game of Them and Us?
Modern history is littered with examples of one...
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