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Tag: Inspiration

  • From Our Home to Yours @ Christmas

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    Jesus . . . born once . . . that we may be born twice Keep Looking Up . . . His Best is Yet to Come!

  • Never Alone

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    A 2018 UK survey of loneliness during Christmas revealed that 17% of people felt lonely during this festive time. I suspect it may be even more in our tragically divided nation. This morning at a men’s breakfast the issue of Christmas loneliness came up. It brought to mind a story I once read regarding the…

  • Delightfully Delusional

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    Yesterday marked my 29,220 day on terra firma . . . it’s weird being the same age as old people! 😊 My younger, ever-patient spouse, who has tread this planet a mere 25,553 days, consoled me by baking a scrumptious Hummingbird birthday cake (pure manna!), and giving me a shiny, new coffee percolator to ensure…

  • Nature’s Soul Therapy

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    Sunlight shafts illuminating ethereal mists of a thundering mountain stream; a 6-point whitetail buck stealthily crouching in a thicket to avoid detection; me silently crouching to avoid detection as a black bear saunters by 😟 😟 😟 . . . Nature’s soul stirring wonders to embrace wandering through the Great Smoky Mountains. “The Lord has…

  • Thanksgiving Gratitude

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    Fred D
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    Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Two lives diverged along life’s journey and, in the time we walked together, you made a difference in mine . . . Thank You “Two are better than one, because they have…

  • How Big is Little?

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    Fred D
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    Today our world’s population reached 8 billion . . . Happy Birthday World! It’s estimated 8 billion grains of sand would fill 8,000 cups and weigh 2 ½ tons. Recently, while I was counting sheep snuggled against my pillow, a group of obviously wide-awake researchers at the University of Hawaii estimated there are seven quintillion,…

  • Life’s Flight

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    Fred D
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    Flying has always fascinated me. As a child (some claim I still am 😊), the adventures of Sky King, a WWII aviator turned Arizona rancher, kept me glued to our family’s state-of-the-art, oval, 13” black and white TV. My time in the USMC as an aircraft electrician heightened my flying passion, and early in my…

  • Harmony

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    Fred D
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    Way back when I was a ‘wee’ one and dinosaurs roamed the earth😊, America was generally a ‘We’ society. Not perfect for sure, but an ambiance of respectful cooperation, collaborative resolution, and unified patriotism prevailed. Sadly, today’s American finds itself embroiled in a polarized “I’m right! – You’re wrong!”, violently combative, angrily divided ‘Me’ society.…

  • Life’s World Series – ‘Winners and Losers’ – ‘Unfair Grace’

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    Fred D
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    I’m not an avid sports fanatic. Perhaps it’s because, being from Philadelphia, PA, there’s not a preponderance of First Place professional sport team trophies in the City of Brotherly Love’s trophy case to brag about. But . . .  ranked to finish last at the beginning of the baseball season . . . the Philadelphia…

  • Forest Bathing

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    Fred D
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    For the past several years the Great Smoky Mountains has been America’s most visited National Park. Travelers come from all over the world to enjoy Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg’s endless venue of entertainment attractions, and to explore one of Mother Nature’s premier wonders . . . next to Alaska of course 😊 Living here makes…