Live(s) Inspiring Today
“Wherever I can find a place to sit down and write, that is my home.” Mary TallMountain At Groiler’s, the one-room poetry bookstore in Harvard Square, back in 1996, I bought a copy of Finding What You Didn’t Lose— John Fox’s first book, subtitled, “Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making.” “It’s important to be …
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“To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest source of all personal happiness.” Bertrand Russell (favorite reminder-words of the year!) It’s been a world of L.I.T. in 2014–Lives Inspiring Today. Thanks to each of you who have traveled along. It’s been a pleasure to notice and note so many people …
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” Mahatma Gandhi Not long ago, John Fox led a poetry writing workshop in Portland, Oregon. The theme, “Writing Our Relationship With Trees” seemed ho-hum–until I attended. During these two …
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“Nobody sees a flower–really–it is so small–we haven’t time–and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keefe, American Artist Many of you, I imagine, have had this same experience: A friend, teacher, pastor, rabbi, astrologist, lover, sister, doctor, neighbor–someone in life–is like a fixture. We take them for …
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“The noblest and the wisest thing to do is to cherish others instead of cherishing yourself. This will bring healing to your heart, healing to your mind, and healing to your spirit.” –Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying We human being are a lot alike. Some build houses while others …
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