Christmas Morning is just dawning. God’s in His heaven (unless he’s at the hospital looking through the nursery window at his new baby boy), so all must be right with the world. I call New Hanover Medical Center’s CCU to find out if Mama Mary’s feeding tube was removed at four o’clock this morning. [...]
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identity: the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions In a little over three weeks I will celebrate my 60th birthday (gee whiz). True to form, I am already in the throes of the annual ‘birthday work’. What is that, you ask? Since the late 1980s, every November-into-December I have experienced some big ol’ piece of emotional clearing work (see blog category [...]
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The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother (Proverbs 29:15). frustration: an act or instance of causing somebody or something to be dissatisfied or unfulfilled home: a place where a person or animal can find refuge and safety or live in security It’s 4:21 a.m. I have [...]
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The Borderland, an essay from 19 October 2000 In my very early years I could not identify with people; truth is, I hated them. But oh how I loved animals. I was so very emotionally connected to these sentient beings, these ones I believed (at that time) had little say in their own destinies here [...]
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The following is the text of the talk I gave at North Raleigh Community Church as part of the community’s Peace Meditation Day, September 11, 2010 Holdings of the Heart, September 11, 2010 “Peace” … If we are attentive enough to notice, just hearing the word brings a body sensation, the nature of which is [...]
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The urging comes to write, but not the knowing of what is to be written. I haven’t a need to chronicle the day; other pages exist for that. So I’ll yell “uncle” and give in to self-revelation by writing about the most recent wrestling match. “Helplessly hoping, her harlequin hovers nearby awaiting a word.” Readers of [...]
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