blessings
September 11, 2009
- September 11 YES, THAT TOO When kindness becomes a weakness, when mental agility becomes emotional instability, it’s time to reassess everything. I cannot leave any thing off my inventory because my grandma, or society or the preacher says it’s a good thing to be. Every blessing can be a curse; all my characteristics have their dark side. I have to list the entirety of my cargo ...
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August 18, 2009
- Aloha! I returned about a week ago from 7 days back home in Hawai'i, where I went to visit family and to cool off and get away from the California heat. I know, I know, MOST people go to Hawai'i to warm up in the Winter; I go to cool off in the Summer. The Island that I visited is Lana'i, which is usually much cooler temperature-wise than most of the other Islands, and it did not disappoint. ...
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August 13, 2009
- My heroes are not famous but should be. First on my list, my Mom, who cooked, cleaned, clothed, drove, kissed, cried, laughed and loved nine kids, day after day, year after year. Five girls. Four boys. We were loud, crazy and ate our way through every last dollar. To this day, I'm surprised she never packed her bags and left the country. She taught us many things but what stands out most was her ...
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May 25, 2009
- My father served in World War II. He was called to active duty again for the Korean War. During that war, he was wounded when a mine exploded. Shrapnel was embedded over the entire backside of his body. Much of it could not be removed. The experience changed him. He was truly wise from the experience he gained serving and fighting in the war. He often told us his war stories. Though he never ...
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March 7, 2009
- There is only one old friend that I really want to find out about. His name is Loren McCune.I went to highschool with him.Everyone else that I've been wondering about, missing even, has sent me a message in the last few weeks. It had been twenty three years since I'd heard from one person who contacted me.There's this moment in Dune Book II, where Paul becomes fully aware of the delicate path he ...
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February 18, 2009
- “Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” ~ Martin Fischer Early morning is usually my best time of the day. It is in the first couple of hours after I wake up that interesting thoughts pierce through the fiber of my awareness as needles sharpened by the quiet hours of the night. Yesterday morning was no different. I got up and went to the kitchen ...
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February 1, 2009
- My life has been filled with trials and miracles, sometimes at the very same time! God has brought me on a journey to a place of embracing faith and trusting Him through anything. It hasn't been easy, but when we can allow God to speak to us and show us His perspective in any situation or circumstance, we position ourselves for Him to turn what was meant for evil in our lives into blessings--and ...
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January 28, 2009
- Total Forgiveness I thought I practiced and lived the true meaning of forgiveness until I read what R.T.Rendall wrote here: I (had to make) a daily commitment to forgive those who hurt me, and to forgive them totally. I therefore let them utterly off the hook and resigned myself to this knowledge: They won’t get caught or found out.Nobody will ever ...
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January 4, 2009
- "We feel very blessed to have reached the start of our seventh and eighth decades in such good health and able to enjoy an active and vibrant life. If there is a key to it, expressing gratitude to the Creator for our many gifts is a leading one."D&B Barton, Colorado, December, 2008 Here's a wonderful qoute from a holiday letter I received this year; one that I will keep out all ...
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January 1, 2009
- Well, here we are at the dawn of another year. Seems just yesterday we crossed into the new millennium. I'm excited about the progress I've made on the latest novel (Mangroves and Monsters), hopeful about our new president, thrilled gas prices have finally dropped. Counting blessings in spite of the bleak economy. In honor of all those little tax deductions born last night, the featured story on ...
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