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Contemplation

Posted on June 26, 2019 by

“Contemplation is any way one has of penetrating illusion and touching reality.” ~Parker Palmer “On the Brink of Everything”

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Hope

Posted on April 14, 2019 by

  Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality. ~L. J. Suenens

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Ideal Meets Reality

Posted on January 23, 2017 by

A shadow show of what is wanted and what one gets. I know the dance, I think I’ve learned to accept reality without the debilitating disappointment I used to react with when it didn’t turn out as I’d dreamed. We … Continue reading →

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Illusive Reality

Posted on January 15, 2017 by

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. ~Annie Dillard

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Dreams or Reality

Posted on September 20, 2016 by

There is a fine line between dreams and reality, it’s up to you to draw it. ~B. Quilliam

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Disappointment

Posted on February 27, 2016 by

Expectations       =   Disappointment Reality When expectation exceeds reality we are disappointed. When we are disappointed we become discouraged. We can lower our expectations or accept that we can not change reality. Disappointment is inevitable in life. How we respond to … Continue reading →

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I’m Letting Go

Posted on August 29, 2015 by

I’m letting go of the ideal perfection that I thought was you, no hiding now behind pretense, we both know is not true. Hating to let it all let go I want to hold the dream, illusions of what I … Continue reading →

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Be Happy

Posted on May 18, 2015 by

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations. ~Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes

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TV

Posted on November 27, 2014 by

T. V. Forget it. I could never live in a house dominated by that box of superfluous non-stop movies. I’m glad we have agreed on that point. When did entertainment become companionship. Why has a box of images taken the … Continue reading →

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Oh My Life

Posted on October 29, 2014 by

Oh my life I can not craft you anymore like I used to. I was always smaller than reality, living inside the old cottage clock of pearlized ceramic where flowers, trees and walls all looked the same to me. All … Continue reading →

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Patiently Tending Your Garden of Dreams

Posted on October 18, 2014 by

 Seeds of thought take time to germinate. Conditions must be just right. Warmth and cold, watering tears. Roots seek nourishment, form a network of stability, then tiny shoots appear at just the right time. What was once a dream will … Continue reading →

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Backwoods Journal – My Pond

Posted on May 29, 2014 by

I have long dreamed of a swimming hole, a pond, water on our land, where our yellow Clipper canoe could bob and glide. Reality puts our dreams into perspective though and we learn to shrink them, resize them to fit … Continue reading →

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