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Thursday, 24 February 2011 13:08 |
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The other day I was mopping my floor with my fancy mop, one that piddles on the floor and I mop it up, cleaning the floor like magic! I smiled as I remembered my childhood and teenage years, when I was floor cleaning Cinderella-style on my knees with a pan of water and a scrub brush.
I remember my nails breaking and my hands chapping from the harsh soapy water, but I was glad to have a scrub brush and linoleum. My grandmother had a dirt floor that she swept and dampened with water to keep it hard.
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Thursday, 03 February 2011 08:59 |
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“It’s not my fault! I didn’t do it! I can’t do it! It’s too hard! The devil made me do it! I saw it on TV. I couldn’t help myself. It’s an addiction.” The excuses never end. It is easy to look outside ourselves and blame others for our predicaments.
We label our neuroses with fancy hard-to-pronounce jargon, and the blame shifts to something or someone else. “It was my mother’s fault. My first-grade teacher didn’t do a good job. I have ADD, OCD, and ADHD.” It all boils down to “I am not responsible for my behavior.”
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 10:20 |
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Sometimes I am puzzled at the respect we pay to the idea of falling in love. We watch television, movies, read romance stories and listen to the songs in the media. They always are filled with glorious feelings of ecstasy and adoration for the “one and only.”
I am of the opinion that romance is not a matter of falling in love. It is a matter of growing in love and commitment. This is how it happened for me. This is an excerpt from my journal and life history.
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Thursday, 23 December 2010 10:13 |
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The ball has dropped! The confetti’s been tossed. The whistles have blown and the firecrackers and sparklers have burned to ashes. The old man of the year has staggered out and the babe of the New Year bounces in with hopes and dreams of the coming twelve months.
We make resolutions and set our course, but Monday comes and where do we go from here? It is easy to make plans and promises, but the rub comes when we have to follow through. It becomes a matter of integrity.
Are we men and women of our word, or are we tossed to and fro with every whim or circumstance?
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Tuesday, 07 December 2010 13:47 |
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Christmas lights twinkle along sidewalks and glitter in store windows. Christmas carols softened the rush of shopping as people began to mimic the wise men who followed the star in the east and came to worship He who was born in Bethlehem. They brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Centuries later, we bring trinkets of every shape and size, wrapped in packages tied up with brilliant shining bows, and place them under the shimmering Christmas tree to remember those we love.
When the shopping is finished and we gaze at the tree laden with gifts, a thought sneaks into our mind: “What will I get for Christmas?” It is a selfish thought, and we squelch it immediately, but it lingers until our minds can find higher thoughts and deeper meditations about what Christmas really means. Christmas is not about giving at all. It is about receiving God’s love and sharing it with the world. The three wise men were not the first to give gifts on Christmas. It was God the Father, and His gifts keep on giving century after century.
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