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What causes awe? It’s felt in the presence of nature and incredible feats of human creation. To feel it daily requires wise humility and awareness. As the…
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The spirit of creation drifts over the surface of the void. I conjure this image and imagine a swelling power withholding, breathing, and reveling in its…
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Why does time crawl or fly? Is it always because we are bored or having fun? As we age, we feel that time zips by. This past winter feels like a blur now…
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An acquaintance asked, “Why study Shakespeare? There’s no rhyme or reason in it.” A friend from the YMCA told me it was “all Greek” to her. These phrases…
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Where’s the love for poetry? Verse forms a baby’s first love of language through nursery rhymes and Dr. Seuss’s couplets. Outside of music, wordplay and…
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When someone asks, “what is your worth?” -- do you think of money? Our sense of personal value is based on habits of mind absorbed from upbringing and…
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Synchronizing heart and mind to better ends requires inspiration, which is the stirring toward an elevated plane of feeling or action. Literally to…
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Opportunities vary, but never has so much information been accessible to so many. Still, otherwise hardworking adults shrink from seeking treasures of…
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The United States, built upon principles of equality and pragmatism, champions identities based on what people do --- not upon where they were born. Until…
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Say a friend you haven’t seen in years texts you for money. You may wonder if she’s gambling or using, right? What if it’s a stranger asking for food…