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EXPECTATION
“When you want to avoid being disappointed, minimize expectation”. This is the advice of Joel Saltzman an acclaimed writer/teacher of writing.The substance is; don’t set the bar too high until you feel...
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WHAT DADS DO
“Ok now, I’ll hold the bike, and you put your foot on the pedal and swing your leg over”. “That’s great!…. Here’s a little push,. Just keep the handlebars straight; now pedal”. “Super, Don’t quit. Keep...
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DAILY BREAD… A TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER ON FATHERS DAY
It is 3:00 in the morning and there is a sliver of light and the hall light shows bright under my closed door. There is movement in the bathroom. Princess stirs from her sleep at my feet and growls...
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GODS PLAN FOR AGELESSNESS
The old Dutch proverb concludes; “We get too soon old, too late smart”. I may have quoted it a time or two when I was younger, and, with a smile. I not longer subscribe to the idea (If I ever …...
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YEH, RIGHT!
YEH, RIGHT ! This pitch came across on T.V. the other day; “Can you keep your … Continue reading →
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SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MILTON AND SINATRA
One of the most read poems, and one of the most listened to recordings, make bold statements about life. John Milton (then blind) writes; “Ere half my days in this dark world and wide; and that one...
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GROWING OLD FOR THE SECOND TIME
Popular thought has it; that when you get to be over eighty (maybe even sooner}, you begin to search for structure and relief from the common chores of life. Developers are building Condos and Senior...
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WE GET OLD SOON ENOUGH AND SMART AS WE GONNA BE
Who was it that said ; “We get too soon old -too late smart?’ Don’t bother looking it up. Apparently no one makes claim to it, and it certainly wasn’t me. A Dr. Livingston, psychiatrist, did write a...
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PLAYING ZONE FROM DAY ONE
Did you know what you wanted to be when you were very young? Many of us thought we did. Some were called to live out someone else’s dream. On the one hand this is a very good thing, for it … Continue...
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LOVE IT OR NOT
Most of us have many work experiences in our lives. It was not that we continued to try to “find ourselves” in continuous pursuit, but that perhaps work would find us. It seems that those who would use...
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THE EXTENSION CORD
Today, I ordered a C.D. that puts fun and expressive words to some of Beethoven’s works. The idea is to try to make Classical music more appealing to youngsters, and in particular my great grandson...
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FOCUSING ON THE LESSER
We have all lost something dear to us in our lifetimes. It may have been major and irreplaceable, haunt you, and bring great pain. As it was with the maid who lost one coin of many, she searched and...
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GIMMIE THE PEN…WHERE DO I SIGN?
There are few alls and almost no everys in life. It is almost human nature for us to generalize, or put things in a box. We wear labels and tend to join the ranks with thinkers-in-common, We are...
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THE GATE WAS OPEN; GOD ENTERED
Those of us who have had a long relationship with the Lord have enjoyed frequent evidences of care, restoration, and protection. Some may be powerful affirmations, others subtle. One cannot distinguish...
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DOES LUCK HAVE IT ?
” I am one lucky guy!” How many times has this tumbled from our mouths? To what does this attest? That in the on-going chance of things, my day came up and I won, I was spared; or a dream … Continue...
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THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT
Many months ago when I was a young man probing the possibilities of a life among the gainfully employed, I was driven by the seed planted in me by my father that nagged me to consider the possibility...
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READING THE MIND OF GOD
Much attention is given in the Word as to how we access God. It is often referred to as “favour”. Zodak received it by carrying the Ark back to the city, as did David, Mary, and even Jesus for their …...
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GOD’S PLAN
Much has been said about the future of this country…. about present and future generations. In the current environment, fundamentals have been politicized to the extent that there are obvious...
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SEEING WHAT WE BELIEVE
In a legalistic society where one must have an “eye witness” to a crime to aid prosecution, and where judgement must be “beyond reasonable doubt”…. In one where the idiom is frequently used “seeing is...
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FINDING VOICE
The Psalms and other verses in the bible call for us to “sing a new song” unto the Lord. Have you felt ritualistic or repetitive in your prayers, as I have? I don’t say that it might be a bad …...
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