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I wanted to write a Thoughtful Thursday post, but life had different plans. {sigh} Instead, I decided to find something that makes me happy and bring you along. Oh and force you to participate. Yay! I have collected quotes for 20 years now (holy crap!).  I love words, and when someone strings them together in [...]

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A friend sent me this picture when she was in Boston. Because clearly kindergarten is THE MOST HUMANE CAUSE OF THEM ALL. Elizabeth Palmer Peabody: Go to school five-year-olds and let your parents be! And all the parents say: HOORAY! Let’s get that lady a PLAQUE.

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You should know that, when you google “funny martin luther king quotes,” you get NOTHING. A blank screen that slow fills with the word IDIOT. Actually, you get one hundred bazillion websites full of quotes that either aren’t funny or aren’t by MLK. Which is probably the same thing as calling me an idiot. But [...]

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Sometimes, instead of getting more comfortable with who we are, we get more comfortable with what we won’t change. WELL, THAT’S JUST WHO I AM. And to this I say: Sometimes our best sucks. It’s mean and low and angry. Sometimes our best is rude and ignorant and cliquey Most of the time, it’s just [...]

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There is nothing permanent except change. -Heraclitus I spent much of tonight comparing photos I took this week to the same week in 2009.  And I am blown away by my children and the extraordinary changes they’ve undergone.  (Although I’m pretty sure E isn’t wearing pants in either shot.  Maybe next year?) September 21, 2009 [...]

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Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach. – George Sheehan I miss running. The pounding of my feet. My legs stretching out as my stride extends those long-forgotten muscles in my calves and thighs. My arms pumping and hands in a loose curve. The sound of the air [...]

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We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence

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Part of working on ourselves, in order to be ready for a profound relationship, is learning how to support another person in being the best that they can be.

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