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Reverent Agnostic, True Mystic, and a "Very Funny Lady."friends
Why do I love Christmas Music so?
What is it about Christmas? I haven’t always had the cheeriest Christmases and I’m sure I will be having a big ole’ lump of coal Christmas this year, but Christmas doesn’t get me down- even if its not perfect. (New Year’s is a different story.) I just love everything to do with Christmas. I love [...]
Thanksgiving Prayer for Friends
Thanksgiving Prayer by Rev. Max Coots Let us give thanks… For generous friends…with hearts as big as hubbards and smiles as bright as their blossoms; For feisty friends as tart as apples; For continuous friends, who, like scallions and cucumbers, keep reminding us we had them; For crotchety friends, as sour as rhubarb and as [...]
On my mind…
How to be friends with people whose actions violate values that are really important to me? …. hmmm… this has come up every now and then over the years and I have resolved it in different ways. I’d like a deeper wisdom about it. Related posts You don’t have to be a lone warrior (3) [...]
My very own Honest to Goodness Christmas Letter, 2008
Short version: Dear Friends and Family, The truth is, I’ve done some cool things this year. I’ve accomplished some things I am proud of. I have people in my life I love. The other truth is, I’m kind of stuck on this wanting my own family thing, and the passing of time is making the [...]
Advice to myself after Thanksgiving
I had one of those rolling around mornings where I woke up, laid in bed, started to think about getting up and then drifted back into dreaming. Rinse, repeat. Eventually when I was more awake, I started indulging in one of my bad habits which is imagining that I can go back in time and [...]
Thinking about Empathy and Sensitivity
I was getting kind of down on myself for being “too sensitive” a few days ago. The go getter part of me sometimes gets frustrated with the feely, feely, so sad for those people person inside of me. “Arg, sensitive soul! Shut up already!” I really think I was twins in the womb or something. [...]
Peace Corp Impact
I have two friends in the Peace Corp right now, so I was interested to come across a study about the impact of being in the Peace Corp for volunteers. There are a lot of quotes from people who have volunteered. I can just imagine what it would be like. You go to another country, [...]
Are you lonesome tonight?
Let’s see… real life stuff: After taking my car (which was running just fine) for a check up in preparation for a road trip to the mechanic today, and paying $500 to get a new… something… plus new hoses, clamps, a light, and stuff, I drove my car home and now my car will not [...]
First Impressions: What you don’t know about how others see you
In my recent quest to learn everything I can and finally be totally perfect and have a wonderful life! I’m reading: First Impressions: What you don’t know about how others see you by Ann Demarais and Valerie White. It’s very informative and I can see many blunders in the people around me, but the authors [...]
Yet another resource about how to live longer and happier
The author of the Blue Zone has studied long living populations around the world and now has advice for YOU online. The advice about living longer always says stuff like: have a close circle of loving and supportive friends and family, economic stability, close access to nature, and interesting work. OH BOTHER, close friends and [...]
