Tag: celebrate life
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The Glory Of Gathering
It’s easier to celebrate beginnings rather than endings. Births and weddings are grand occasions to gather people to honor the start of something new and remarkable. The onset of a new kind of journey. Death is the end of a journey; no more dreams, no more planning, no decisions to be made, nothing to be…
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Sunrise–Sunset
In the movie, “Fiddler on the Roof”, Tevye sings a song during the wedding procession of one of his daughters that reflects his acute awareness of the passing of time and opportunities that need to be valued when they appear. This movie is one of my all-time favorites. It reflects a difficult time in Russian…
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Periscope Up On 2016
“It’s water over the dam.” That’s what Dad would say when something was done that couldn’t be undone. When it was time to walk away from fretting about what I couldn’t change. Like 2015. It’s a done deal. Finished. Can’t bring it back or change any decisions I made during this past year.…
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When Running Is More Than A Foot Race
When I was younger, I was among those who ran because it was good for me. I never really enjoyed it. There was no hitting the wall, pushing through and feeling euphoric. The wall was the front door. And euphoria came when I didn’t go through it. My daughter-in-law, Jillian, is cut from a different…
Tip of My Iceberg 