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Time is Love
The thoughts blow in uninvited during certain times of our lives. And the feelings accompanying these thoughts make us pause, at least for a moment, and wonder how the days of our lives keep coming and going like the sea tide under our feet. Sometimes, we welcome these thoughts and can wrestle with a greater truth. On other occasions, we don’t or just can’t. So, we move quickly to replace them with thoughts we believe will make us happier. Or, at the very least, thoughts that masquerade the reality of our current state. Nevertheless, whether we welcome or resist them, we have no power over the truth of where these…
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Celebrating Earth Day
Experiencing Earth Day last week in Switzerland was striking to me. There wasn’t much talk. There wasn’t much of a fuss. So much so that if it hadn’t been for my boy’s school and Facebook, I would have missed it completely. I say that not because I don’t care about the earth but because experiencing Earth Day in Switzerland is more of a daily way of life and less about something to be used for political power, making a point, or making a lot of money. There is something engrained in the Swiss culture that respects the environment and, therefore, respects your neighbor’s environment as much. It is not necessarily…
