Archive for the ‘Gratitude’ Category

The world: what do we pray for?

Top of the world As the world turns The world on a string Around the world In his 1873 novel, Jules Verne took us Around the World in 80 Days. Less than 100 years later Mercury satellite (and television) took us around the earth in 88 minutes. Today the internet takes us not only around […]

Posted on March 5, 2021 at 3:13 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Making “Happy New Year” Mean Something

Let’s make Happy New Year mean something in 2021. I missed you and writing and posting here. Really, I have missed the truth of the pandemic affecting me. I was able to come back and post one time after it began. All the while, I’ve assured myself I was riding with it and all was […]

Posted on January 4, 2021 at 7:05 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Thanks for the little things makes a big difference

Thanks for the little things? Really? Really. Even though everyone is feeling stress these days, there is plenty of scientific evidence that it does us good to identify and experience thankfulness. Even thanks for the little things. Since I mentioned science, I feel obliged to offer evidence. Psychology Today (2015) cites seven benefits of gratitude […]

Posted on April 7, 2020 at 11:46 am by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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A Rock in My Shoe

A rock in my shoe during my frequent walks is not unusual, not infrequent, and not that welcome. The nuisance between my sock and ankle may not deserve the name “rock”. It is barely a pebble. Nor is it always the same foot or the same side of either foot. The irritation is not more […]

Posted on January 16, 2020 at 4:32 pm by Tim · Permalink · Comments Closed
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