Strength

Aging is a strange thing

Been thinking about aging. Partly, I suppose, because I’m developing a course on the true potential and promise of aging, and partly because, well, I’ll be 79 soon (and JoAnn will be 80, though she tries not to think about it, and hates it when I remind her). Aging is a strange thing. Our bodies get [...]

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Trust God: 5 things we can learn from a blue spruce tree

Trust God – the one true being back of all things — because it is the very base of all true power, happiness and well-being. I’m reminded of this simple truth each morning when I step outside to admire the magnificent blue spruce tree that grows just outside our front door. There are at least five ways in which this noble tree teaches [...]

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“Invictus” and the truth at the core of Christmas

It matters not how strait the gate/How charged with punishments the scroll/ I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul. — W.E. Henley JoAnn and I saw “Invictus” the other day. What a gift. My thanks to the director, Clint Eastwood.  Invictus” (Latin for “unconquered”) is the name of a [...]

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In honor of persistence — what can take its place?

Persistence has a vital role to play in our lives. As President Calvin Coolidge once said, “Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

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A path of true joy and strength beckons you

We have two choices in life: to lose ourselves in pain and suffering, or find true joy and strength as we turn to the stillness of our own eternal presence.

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