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Mom | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . She was an optimist to the nth degree, and lived life with a sense of awe and wonder. She loved to learn about far-away lands, and anyone who was even barely acquainted with her knew she had a passion for anything Hawaiian. Music, dance, the beaches, mountains, valleys, and its people. She saw every movie that was filmed anywhere in the Pacific and dreamed. As an optimist and romantic, she did the only thing she could. She divorced my father, re-established a relationship ...
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December | 2014 | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . Monthly Archives: December 2014. 8220;A Winter’s Lullaby”. I wish you and your kin a blessed and wondrous Christmas. May your New Year bring contentment, prosperity, good health, a discovery, or re-discovery of your gifts and how they can be of service to others, and love. And now. . . take a moment . . . sit back and enjoy the stillness of a Winter’s Lullaby. Celestial spheres in heaven’s vault. Upon a burgeoning expanse. Do wink and glimmer. Sentinels from ancient times.
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June | 2015 | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . Monthly Archives: June 2015. Everything you want is on the other side of fear. When we were younger, most of us were afraid of our parents. We were afraid to break curfew, afraid of getting caught smoking, or drinking; today, kids hide the weed. We were afraid of our teachers; our dance instructors, coaches, and authority figures. But what if we were afraid to be ourselves? A teenager’s world is one in which rules are broken, the establishment bucked; unfortunately that just w...
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Uncategorized | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . I grew, I stagnated. I soared, I drowned. I spoke truth, I dissembled. I hung on, I let go. I envisioned, I lost sight. I laughed, I cried. I was talkative, I was silent. I hoped, I abandoned hope. I floundered, I succeeded. I clasped pleasure, I gripped pain. I was inspired, I was jaded. I was passionate, I was laissez-faire. I contemplated, I scorned. I comforted, I agitated. I filled, I emptied. I was savvy, I was fooled. I fell back, I stepped up. I entertained, I was bored.
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DON’T KILL THE MESSENGER! | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . DON’T KILL THE MESSENGER! I’ve asked a lot of people if they would like to see peace in the world. They all answered in the affirmative. I’ve spoken to wants peace. But when it boils right down to it, a lot of us aren’t willing to do anything differently to have it. You mean I can’t say I hate this person, or that culture? I HAVE to try to embrace the world in love? I HAVE to love Muslims, and Jews, and Blacks and LGBTS? We don’t have peace. Still, not working. Yes, you sa...
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Backwards and Forwards | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . If April was the month for looking back into the past, then May is definitely the month to look forward to the future. It’s inevitably true that it is most difficult to live in the present moment. We awaken, get others going, feed pets, think about what we’re going to have for breakfast; answer e-mails; plan errands, formulate meal plans, and think about a hundred other things. Change the world for many, many people. I am so proud of her, and on May 25. Our family will gather ...
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April | 2015 | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . Monthly Archives: April 2015. She was an optimist to the nth degree, and lived life with a sense of awe and wonder. She loved to learn about far-away lands, and anyone who was even barely acquainted with her knew she had a passion for anything Hawaiian. Music, dance, the beaches, mountains, valleys, and its people. She saw every movie that was filmed anywhere in the Pacific and dreamed. As an optimist and romantic, she did the only thing she could. She divorced my father, ...
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January | 2015 | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . Monthly Archives: January 2015. CHAPTER 6 – Happy New Year. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends doing all the things one loves to do around the season . . . church; gift giving; gift receiving; driving around the neighbourhood looking at the myriad lights and decorations; drinking egg-nog (without or without rum); and basically over-indulging and whatever else your particular traditions might be. Perhaps it’s because I’ve had a sunny year. Web- site...
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Chapter Three: “So it is written, so let it be done.” | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . Chapter Three: “So it is written, so let it be done.”. By now you get my drift, everything we do has been learned. So, what makes us think we can pick up a complex work like The Bible, and understand it of our own accord? Sure, we can read it as some fundamentalists do and accept it as the literal word of God, but most biblical scholars would laugh at the thought. Or is it really? What about all those mistranslations from Arabic to English? Help us to comprehend not just what ...
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February | 2015 | Just Sayin'
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Thoughts of the heart . . . Monthly Archives: February 2015. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE . . . (ba-rum-pum-pa-da-dum). Agape, Eros, Philia. All Greek words defining love. Agape denotes a brotherly love, charity; the love of God for man and of man for God. Agape love is also a way of expressing love for one’s children and spouse. It describes the feeling of being content, or holding someone in high regard. Philia means affection. It can also denote love for community. Christ told us that anyone can love their fr...
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