A Lifetime of Love Saw a post recently from the wife (and friend) of a college chum who died of cancer last year. He battled for about three years before it got him. They were married for something like 29 years. Like all of their adult lives. She wrote about how hard it is, dealing …
Category: Attitude
Jazz with Howie
Sitting in the car on a rainy afternoon. Jazz on the radio, old school. 91.1 FM, KCSM (the "CSM" stands for College of San Mateo). Smooth groove, easy on ears, heart, soul, purring, pouring out the jam. The rain water collects on the windows, tap tap tap it falls, beads, drips down. This place, a …
Blog Like a Tweet: “Advent Brings Hope, Only After a Sober Look at Our Human Prospects”| The Jesuit Post
Reflection brings the attitude. #halffullallgood "Advent Brings Hope, Only After a Sober Look at Our Human Prospects" | The Jesuit Post — Read on thejesuitpost.org/2019/12/advent-brings-hope-only-after-a-sober-look-at-our-human-prospects/
Blog Like a Tweet: Little Public Service Gestures for Those You Love and Live With
Little Public Service Gestures for Those You Love and Live With. Good rule to live by. Do the next right thing. Look around. Opportunity abounds. These hair ties are all around my houses. I live with three women with long hair. Got to expect that. And so picking these up and putting them in a …
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Where We Are
God finds us where we are. Wherever we are. Whatever we are doing. God is there. We might prefer to ignore the presence; it might be inconvenient for the moment. But God is there. I remind myself of this belief, this fact (in my view), more and more, as I get older. As I struggle …
Bliss
What is bliss? How do we find it, make it, let it be so? It’s a leisurely day unfolding. It’s holding two of my favorite people as the early morning light seeps in through the windows. It’s a warm house. It’s putting things away and sipping hot coffee. It’s a second bowl of oatmeal with …
Yesterday was Black Friday? Nope, FAMILY Friday
All the pomp and hype, and anticipation of discounts and deals...and I find myself pretty far afield. Not shopping; not at all. Instead? We had a slow start to the day; we rallied up and headed out to the central valley to see my wife's family, her brother and sister, specifically. Her sister is married, …
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“Chain Of Gratitude: Ari Shapiro Interviews 4 Musicians For Thanksgiving : NPR”
You had me at "chain of gratitude." Ari. Thanks for this piece! -jeff. Ari Shapiro names The New Pornographers as a musical act he's thankful for in 2019. That gratitude is passed forward to nêhiyawak, then Leikeli47 and finally to Chick Corea. — Read on http://www.npr.org/2019/11/28/782926637/musician-to-musician-our-5th-annual-thanksgiving-chain-of-gratitude
Be Thankful
Here’s what came to mind yesterday: “Easy to be thankful when things are going well; here’s to being thankful when things don’t go as planned, when things go sideways. Find the lesson, make the best of it, and go forward. Be thankful.” That sums it up, really. At least for me. It's proven itself over …
Brave
Not sure if I’ve written about this topic before in this forum. If not, it’s high time. If I have, it’s worth revisiting. Being brave is a core value and characteristic of living a happy and fulfilling life. If we don’t learn to have courage and be brave, we will struggle with new things, with …
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