RIP Susan Stamberg
Journalist, Trailblazer, Cranberry Master. Departed this Earth this week, age 87. Retired just a little earlier this year, one of the Founding Mothers of NPR. Rest In Power, Susan S., and Thank You ~
Hate Has No Home
Hate has no home, and it shouldn’t. Where hate dwells, tolerance and love are shuttered, cast aside. That’s no way to live. Hate is easier than love. Choose the more difficult path. Choose love. Hate has no home.
Two Jeffs
There are at least two Jeffs in me, of that I'm pretty sure. There’s more introspective, introverted, thinker, feeler Jeff. He thinks and prays and feels a lot, often deep in those thoughts and feelings. And there’s also more audible, engaging, extroverted doer of things Jeff. He is focused on doing things, volunteering, completing chores …
Two Extremes: First Pitch Homer
Watching Game 1 of the Seattle Mariners v. Toronto Blue Jays American League Championship Series, first pitch by the Mariner pitcher saw the lead-off Blue Jays batter hit the ball out of the park, center right field. Something like 385 feet traveled. In an instant you saw two extremes. The absolute fire of the Toronto …
Ego Check
Recently fundamental lesson learned about making progress as a human. Check the ego. Recently faced with a sneaky difficult situation that repeated itself several times in quick succession, one basic answer, check the ego. And there’s also a kicker, a bonus bit, a, the method to the madness, rely on the soul for fortitude in …
Sleep on Sleep
This my dream, sleep on sleep, had some, want more, pure relief, respite, These days now, many I’ve felt this way, best plan, sleep, rest up, recede, To the darkness and cozy and safe place of recess, to relax, reset, Tense, expectant, all the doing piles on, on we go day after day and sleep …
The Nature Of Faith
A very personal thing, Faith. In some it is forever dormant; in others it’s a burning light and foundation that sustains and provides resilience and hope. The path to faith is equally unique; the definition is too. Some believe it’s only through proscribed, regular practice is faith achieved, and life ever-after as well. Some folks …
Entitled
Curious concept, mindset, entitled. Let us not be entitled, or need to be rather, Let us ever strive to give and be taken care of, needs met, both ways, Appreciation abounding, beyond measure, no need to, just do, not entitled, instead empowered to give more, and happy to, Happy to.
Piecemeal
Piecemeal Life, string together the bits, best you can, Work, a whole thing unto itself, many things in the string, And then the rest it feels, kids and family otherwise, dishes and bills and weeds in the yard, more bills and aches and pains, Don’t strain to hard, don’t get too spun out, strung out …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 