courage | courage
Dec.28.2012
The Sun Also Rises survives as a classic as much because of Hemingway’s radical departure in writing style as for the content that made the book an immediate popular success in 1926. It roared into the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition, a generation reeling from the disillusionment of World War...
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Dec.04.2012
I was thinking about how much I love life the other day and posted about it without too much deep thought, a habit of mine. But after typing and posting, I thought more as I did other things over the next few days.
My 'love of life' that day reminded me of my life with my wife when we were...
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Nov.22.2012
The mantra sticks threw courage at me today as my mantra.
I reflected on it during a walk. The morning began with white fog, consistent and unchanging as a glass of milk. The fog surroundered to a weak sunshine and shadows at noon. Wintry edges infused the day. Autumn...
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Nov.11.2012
For Veterans Day, some thoughts on courage, a short video, words and art by Mara Buck.
http://redroom.com/member/mara-buck/media/videos/some-thoughts-on-courage-by-mara-buck
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Nov.03.2012
When my friend asked me after the Halloween Carnival what the lady’s name was, I couldn’t remember. I guess I must have made her ‘Anonymous” in my head because I didn’t want to ever accidentally reveal her identity to anyone. And I didn’t really know her anyways; we just happened to be...
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Oct.29.2012
From San Francisco to Rome, from Istanbul to Jerusalem and the villages of Palestine, Delphine confronts with love and courage a changing, sometimes violent, world.
"The allure of this narrative is deceptive in that it offers a cunning misdirection. Apparently, it is about a young, beautiful...
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Oct.20.2012
October 19, 2012
Because our personal spirit urges us to celebrate the best of ourselves, it often feels uncomfortably close to be “selfish”. Spirit invites us to invest money in our creativity. It persuades us to take care of our needs. It asks us to explore our possibilities. This empowering...
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Oct.13.2012
In our everyday world, we tend to like our memories neat and tidy.
Friends and family often get into conversations about past events with each person laying claim to what really happened. Although each person experienced the moment from their very personal collection of feelings and through the...
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Oct.04.2012
October 3, 2012
There is beauty in the mystery of our life. It calls to our curiosity. It invites us to explore. But it also asks us to be patient when we’re anxious for answers. In the landscape of our experience, we crave to know what is coming around the corner. At the very least, we want...
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Sep.28.2012
Building Cultivating Mountain
Stone upon stone I'm rebuilding the wall where the world comes in touch with our garden,Refilling the hole where a dead but once-evergreen giant has recently stood,Preparing the ground to receive a new tree. Clearly, nothing's forever except,(One can hope) for the...
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