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Sep.29.2010
I will come Through this!
I will get through this moment in my life.
Whatever I am now experiencing I know I have the power to come through this.
If I feel held back in any way, I know that all is in divine time.
If I feel as if I don’t have enough, I will focus on plenty and be grateful for what I...
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Sep.22.2010
I recently posted a review of Karl Marlantes' book, Matterhorn, here. My review, based on my reaction to the book, and on my perception of war based on the book. Yesterday I received a comment on my review of the book from one Mike Brown, West Point, Class of 1966, who served in Vietnam on two...
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Sep.13.2010
There are those who say this business of writing is a lonely, solitary choice. I beg to differ with those misinformed folks. I've discovered the world of writing to be a delightful place filled with kind, supportive friends. As a member of Romance Writers of America, two online special interest...
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Aug.28.2010
Up to Now Part I For those who have been with me from early on, you now have enough patches for a quilt. It is now the time to provide the connecting thread to interlace them. In turn, you should have a warm pall in which to envelope your self and stay of the chill. As we come to a close of...
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Aug.15.2010
Spiritual blindness and sluggishnessThe virtue of faith, perfected by the gift of understanding, is the clear eye of a pilot spotting a landing field in the dusk, a landing field to which the heart rushes on the wings of hope. Blindness of the pilot means the end of hope and the crash of the flight...
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Jul.02.2010
July 2
From Mind to Pen to Paper
What a relief to have exteriorized all the swirl of thought, which normally swarms my mind, waiting to take the stage and run through their numbers. Then like deciphering a code I was able to cross out all the irrelevant...
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May.28.2010
I take things for granted. Most of us do, to some extent. I thought about this last night, as I sat at the kitchen table at ten o’ clock at night, helping my oldest son with a school assignment. Now, my son Stephen is a very good kid – sweet, compassionate, and always happy – but he has a...
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May.09.2010
Having Peace Within
Hello my Sojourning friend,
This word, "Peace," such a simple word, yet expressing a profound experience and state of being. Quite often, we assume it as being in a state of Euphoria, and you would be correct in the concept of what most individuals seek after as...
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Apr.10.2010
Okay so I didn’t necessarily get to this idea of writing for healthy conversation on my own. I was influenced by experience and observation. I had many people to thank…popular culture, peers, family, and friends. I struggle with blogging sometimes because I don’t have anything to say. I believe...
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Apr.01.2010
April 1
Why is it so hard to be me?
I have everything I could wish for. I have love and friendship, I have talent and ability. What more could I want? I don’t want more, I want to learn how to overcome fear and live with disappointment. Abundance is ever at the door, but I have no room for...
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