Getting untangled
December 17, 2006 | 1 comment
The Whale If you read the front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle about a year ago, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and
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Breaking routine
December 15, 2006 | 3 comments
You’ve probably heard the old saying, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’re going to get what you always got.” Or, as one pointed out recently, “If you think what you’ve always thought, you’re going to see what you’ve
Gratitude
December 15, 2006 | 4 comments
Enjoyed a nice article titled, “Gratitude: A life difference,” by Benjamin Devey. He wrote in part: “Gratitude unburdens our spirit from negative emotions and gives room for charity in our hearts. It opens the windows of heaven to work miracles
Safety and the unknown
December 14, 2006 | No comments yet
Sent to me by a reader… In her classic poem “The Gate of the Year,” the poetess M. Louise Haskins penned the lines: And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:“Give me a light,
Complaint or praise?
December 14, 2006 | 2 comments
A young man decided to become a monk in a religious order that allowed monks to speak only two words every two years. After his first two years of training, the young monk was invited by his superior to