The gain from pain

One cannot get through life without pain … What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us.  Bernie S.…

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Happiness begins with me …

Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle Happiness is what most of us chase and then feel frustrated that it keeps eluding us most of the time.…

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This piece is on Peace

Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict. Peace has numerous connotations from peace of mind…

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A lifeline called humor

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office. Abraham Lincoln The challenge that life often puts before…

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The first step…

The distance doesn’t matter; only the first step is difficult. Madame Marquise du Deffand Even as I write this post I am acutely aware of…

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