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Happiness Recipe

This was my post for today on Facebook; I am placing it here too… I started down a path of morose thinking and my recent posts have been a reflection of my reading of very caustic political, religious, and cultural

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Posted in Behavior, Friendship, hope, Self-reflection

Being a baseball follower

Being a baseball follower: Lately October has been a great time of the year to be a Mets follower. I used to think that I was a fan, but I don’t think I am a fan any longer because fan

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Posted in Baseball, Humor, Life, Sports

Enlightenment or ignorance?

Sometimes as I read the postings of others on social media I often find that I question the reasons behind various political and social posts that distill complex issues into one trite tiny sentence that is void of compassion and

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Posted in Life, Politics, Prayer, Self-reflection, Spiritalism, Tolerance, Uncategorized

Praying – what is it?

What is this thing called praying? Praying or McDonald’s take out. I used to think that praying was like driving up to McDonald’s and ordering a fast food item. You talk into this box and some voice of an unknown

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Posted in Answers, existentialism, hope, Life, Prayer, Questions, Spiritalism

Am I over the rainbow?

I often wonder about the song “Over the Rainbow”.  I catch myself singing and humming this tune from time to time along with a collection of other songs that are ingrained in my sub-conscious. For some time now (several years)

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Posted in Answers, existentialism, hope, Life

The dilemma of emptiness

One of life’s difficult decisions that I have encountered over the years is when to finally dispose of that jar or bottle of condiments.  Again perhaps it is the thought of HOPE that keeps me from tossing that item with

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Posted in Answers, Friendship, hope, Life, Questions

Socks and Hope

Another change of address, another opportunity to reassess… during my recent move, I came across socks that needed mending since a time way back when I lived in Maryland.  In that moment of clarity I pondered; why do I keep

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Posted in Behavior, hope, nostalgia