It’s much the same this year as it was last year….and the year before that. In the week before the Thanksgiving holiday, many TV shows in the United States have a Thanksgiving-themed episode. They generally follow the same plot: a holiday dinner with family that turns into the height of… Read More »Thanksgiving: The Way It Is
To retreat. The online dictionary first definition of “retreat” is in military terms: to withdraw from an enemy force as a result of superior power. While I’m not aware of “an enemy force” let alone “superior power,” I am going to withdraw from my day to day life for about… Read More »Retreat
Have you considered that most things that happen in our lives are neither essentially good nor bad but some ambiguous mix that we consider “ordinary?” Perhaps one of the most haunting melodies in contemporary music is Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah! Since his death on November 7, 2016, the song has been… Read More »Gratitude and Hallelujah!
It’s much the same this year as it was last year….and the year before that. In the week before the Thanksgiving holiday, many TV shows in the United States have a Thanksgiving-themed episode. They generally follow the same plot: a holiday dinner with family that turns into the height of… Read More »Thanksgiving As It Is
Over the last month, I’ve made weekly trips beyond the suburbs along a bumpy road far from the busy city. While it’s a drive out of my way, it’s a trip I look forward to. I always find something I didn’t expect – something good to bring home. My destination:… Read More »Gratitude for Being Sustained
Often, when friends I haven’t seen or spoken to in some time ask how things are going with me, I begin by saying, “I have a wonderful life.” The truth is that I do have a wonderful life. I live in a middle class neighborhood just outside of Atlanta. I… Read More »I Have a Wonderful Life
If you ran into him on the street and noticed him, you’re likely to think, “He’s an odd looking fellow.” While he appears to be in his fifties, I think he’s much younger. He’s about 5’5” tall, wears a hat that’s a bit too large so that it hangs over… Read More »I Appreciate You!
It’s a lesson I’m sure I won’t forget. When I think of gratitude and what it means to be thankful, my mind journeys back in time to the late 1970s and rural West Virginia. For about two years, I lived and worked at a small friary outside of Morgantown, West… Read More »Thanks and Gratitude