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150 books
I am currently in the middle of a deep reading of The Count of Monte Cristo and I came across the following quote from Abbe Faria: I had nearly five thousand volumes in my library at Rome; but after reading them over many times, I found out that with one hundred and fifty well-chosen books a…
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to have
“to have, give all to all” Joy, forgiveness, gratitude, gentleness, peace, love. These are infinitely abundant, to give away does not imply a loss or a requirement of return to once again be whole. You have more, when you give more. There is a natural connection, a reciprocity we all are searching for. When we…
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in your own sweet way
We were married on March 5th, 2020. In any given moment, it feels like it was a moment ago. Ours is a story I wish I had written, yet I am eternally grateful to have lived. At times chaotically challenging to be, but peacefully simple in the now. Before I knew you, I knew there…
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the fog and the feather
I am like everyone else, I have a long way to go. While everlasting peace for you could happen any moment, and often does happen in a moment, we often spend a significant amount of time in between these powerful moments in a state of despair. There is no reason to despair. Time is irrelevant…
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a prayer
This very simple prayer was shared with me many years ago, handwritten on a small card. It meant a lot to the person who gave it to me, assuredly it got them through many hard times over the course of a long life. Here it can live on and hopefully give strength to one (or…
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the mountain
A home once lived in,forgotten every day, yet remembered.Footsteps over footstepswhere I have walked countless times.They crumble and slip away. “Hello John” calls a familiar voicefrom a soul that has passed but has stayed with me. A scream at the speed of soundSilent as I am traveling at the speed of lightTo a place I…
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one Self
The beauty of the precious moment, the Nowwith a thought the storm will end. A single ray from the Sun caught by your eyein the Now,amidst the swirling, violent clouds You reach for it and hold itand all that doesn’t matter, all that you believed were the only things that mattered,slips away. There you found…
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sense of wonder
I remember many, many times throughout my career where I lamented that education takes the “childlike sense of wonder about the world around them” away from students. And it is true…for most, it does. Learning becomes something students tolerate at best. Most of my years in education have revolved around trying to get educators to…
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the house and the road
As many do, I chose a “theme” word for the year 2026. I have a fairly consistent morning routine, where I do some spiritual reading, journal as I am doing so and meditate for a period. It helps calm me, find my spirit and allow me to be present. When I am at the office,…
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an interminable chain of longing
I have a framed poem by Robert Frost on my desk, presumably a gift from my grandfather, which he dated 1981. Just so happens to be the year of my birth, so I feel a connection to it. My grandfather was a brilliant man and I always feel a connection to him, even nearly 26…