One of life’s greatest blessings is an individual’s network of friends and family. The tough part comes at the end, when a member of one’s personal tribe dies. Some pass unexpectedly;…
Higher Living Reflections
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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,…
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I enjoy being with and listening to passionate people, even on topics in which I might not have an interest. I can be a captive audience, listening raptly to those going…
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Dark, white, or milk? Pure and simple, like when wrapped in foil in the form of a teardrop? Or enjoyed encasing an almond, cashew, cherry, cream, or a mixture of them?…
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Every human has likely felt lonely at some point in his life. Many feel it chronically. Merriam-Webster cuts to the essentialism of loneliness in its definition: “being without company; cut off…
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We must free ourselves from the prison of our everyday affairs and politics. – Epicurus Time is an illusion. It serves to sort and categorize past events and imagine future ones.…
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Wishing you a beautiful, joyful… Solstice Hanukkah Christmas Kwanzaa …
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The apple tree never asks the beech how it should grow; nor the lion, the horse, how he should take his prey. – William Blake How many times have you said…
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Thanksgiving has become my favorite holiday. The reason lies in its simplicity: The day is not laden with fervor. Rather, it is premised on a simple construct: Offering gratitude. My friend…
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“Hello, darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk to you again” – Paul Simon Daylight Savings Time ends this weekend. The afternoon’s light will decrease and continue to lose its…
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My friend Leadville Laurel McHargue asks her readers’ for their opinions about pumpkins. “When you first see them, do you smile, or does a chill run down your spine because you…
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To err is human; to forgive, divine. – from “Essay on Criticism” by Alexander Pope It’s become a proverb in our culture. We know it, but one wonders how well we…
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He had been to touch the great death, and found that, after all, it was but the great death. – The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane Death. The thought causes…
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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. – Kurt Vonnegut Emojis. They have become…
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What is it within one’s psyche that is touched, that causes the world to seem an emptier place when a certain person dies? The loss could be personal or a public…