Walk In Peace, Five Lessons

That phrase, "Walk In Peace", seems a little (or maybe a lot?) over the top, philosophical, high-minded, maybe unachievable. It's so simple. And yet so hard to do sometimes. I think motion helps us find peace. I think motion helps create peace, sometimes. And thinking about my days most mornings, if it includes a walk …

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It’s Fundamental: Serve Others

Not everyone proscribes to this philosophy; but as for me well, I do what I can. It really is fundamental to my thinking; I certainly fall short plenty, but I keep returning to the basic edict: Serve others. “Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;whoever wishes to be first among …

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Listen to Them Sleep

Listening to my kids sleep always brings me joy. There’s a few reasons, at least. Mostly it’s because they’re so peaceful, steady breaths in and out. If there’s enough light to see their relaxed faces, all the better. And as they can create a whirlwind of activity sometimes, it’s nice to see this other, less …

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Go With The Flow

Let it ride, let it go, go with the flow. That right there is a solid gold tenant of successful parenting, and may successful living overall. Of course there are times when you need to lean in and insist on an agenda, actions, compliance. That’s definitely true. That said, I suspect learning when to go …

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The Only Thing To Do…

The only thing to do is keep going. It’s a new week, keep going. It’s a new day, keep going. Your relationships are a little funky; maybe a lot funky. Keep going. You’ve made the same errors more times than you’d like, maybe more thank you can count, keep going. It’s hard, keep going. You’re …

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Ordinary Time

If you check out this blog periodically, you might notice Sundays of late, I’ve had some reference / little lesson or take I’ve picked up from a weekend Bible reading. This time around, I’m just thinking about Ordinary Time; I think the Church uses this term to reference the time between Easter and Christmas seasons. …

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Lyrics Post: “Ghost Rider”

Of RUSH lyrics, I could go on and on. And I do, often enough. Yet another magical song that rocks and soothes and feeds the soul, for me. But first... I happened upon the following comment on a YouTube channel while listening to RUSH via that medium recently. Different song, different person's feedback, but similar …

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Spool Up

I love this term. Maybe I like it because it’s sometimes used to reference an aircraft engine warming after being turned on. At least, that’s what’s in my head... : - ) I looked it up, so for all my engineer / machine-thinking friends, I found this, related to “turbo power”: “Turbo spool time is …

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