Random Thoughts
Nothing like a 20 mile bike ride to process some junk in your head. A couple of thoughts came to mind, which are variants of common cliches. Yet cliches always have real strong truth behind them… that’s why they become popular and cliched.
Anyway, here’s what I chewed on…
Dreams
It seems like a few of […]
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History
Thank you, Barack Obama, for changing our country for the better. You have accomplished much already.
Image from Democracy in Action.
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True Love
I just finished reading Thich Nhat Hanh’s “True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart.” This little 100 page meditation simply changed my perspective on many things.
Talking about a powerful read on how to show and demonstrate love in your life. It all comes back to mindful presence, being there, not just in body, but […]
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A Time of Advocacy
It’s funny how things will bring you full circle. Last Sunday night my neighborhood almost got flooded with the severe rains that hit the Washington region. As EMS personnel enacted a voluntary evacuation (I stayed), I talked with my neighbors and collectively we had great fear.
We had been through this before in 2006. The catastrophic […]
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In Love, Each Soul Reflects the Others
The love of God, unutterable and perfect,
flows into a pure soul the way that light rushes into a transparent object.
The more love that it finds, the more it gives itself;
so that, as we grow clear and open,
the more complete joy of loving is.
And the more souls who resonate together,
the greater the intensity of their love,
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If the Sun Were Not in Love
If the sun were not in love, we would have no brightness,
the side of the hill no grass on it,
the ocean would come to rest somewhere.
Be a lover as they are, that you come to know your Beloved.
Be faithful that you may know Faith.
The other parts of the universe did not accept the next responsibility […]
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Motive
It always helps to have a gut check and look at my motives. Motive means everything. If an action finds its basis in selfishness, then that action usually causes problems.
On the other hand, when motives revolve around helping others good occurs. That’s true whether the action achieves others’ goals in a professional capacity or […]
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And who took that stellar pic?