● What they call you is one thing…
WACs relaxing after a day’s work *
What you answer to is something else.
– Lucille Clifton
Citizen
Ratified in 1868, three years after the abolishment of slavery, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Wake up For Something
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was reading my blog today. Yes, I do re-read my own writings! Most of them help me realize that you can do the things you fear most.
Many … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● School’s Out for Summer
School is out but not the learning. Not in real life.
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he world continues to turn… and if you desire, school is always in! A whole, wide universe … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● No One Thing Lasts Forever
… except our memories.
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on, Brother, Friend
He was loved by many in his short time on this earth. After 50 years we miss him, still.
● Re(s)olutions
Scene from the pilgrimage: Jizo-do protect departed children and travelers in Japan.
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ow are those resolutions going? Or is it too early late to tell? You do have … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Messengers of Love
Scene from the pilgrimage: Many forms of human expression.
The “dwellers” at Unpen-ji, temple 66, on Shikoku, Japan. I wrote about them during my pilgrimage there. Read about them … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Connections
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f you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● All Kinds of Courage
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ourage comes in different packages and speaks different languages. There is a courage called defiance, and there is a courage called perseverance. There is a courage that shouts … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● History of the World
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here all human connections are distrusted, the human being is very quickly lost.
“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Be the Truth
Are you looking for an answer to that burning question in your heart and mind? You do not have to look far. The answers are in your heart and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Changed
Peace Bell in Hiroshima, Japan
Consider this question: How are you living, feeling, and growing five months and nineteen days into 2025?
Lost? Scared? Hopeful?
Changed?
Don’t know? Well, you … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
● Learning
Things aren’t moving as quickly as I would like, but progress is being made.
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ducation is necessary to extend the life of an individual, family, or country.
Baadaye… 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞