No Hell
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There's no use in running 'less you run like heck.
The best things we learn we learn from the wreck.

It's easy to be thankful for the things you've got.
It takes guts to give thanks for the things you've lost.

You gave away your heart so the wolves attacked.
... a bigger heart grew back.

No Hell
by Cloud Cult

I was taken aback by the wisdom in this. Wasn't expecting this to come out of a cookie:

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"What we do to others, we are really doing to ourselves."https://thecreativeham.com/blog/pentagram-creates-a-beautiful-poster-out-of-blood-to-remember-the-day-bombs-dropped-on-

Bah, Internet is not responding. The last time I tried to write in here and transfer it to my journal, the formatting made it totally unreadable. Let’s hope this time goes better…. (Just like a hamster)

Tonight Wes performed at a story slam at Johnny D’s in Davis Square! It was really cool. I’d never been to a story slam. Poetry slam, yes. Story ( Read more... )

The Golden Deer realized that he was surrounded by hunters.  Instead of trying to run, he approached the King and addressed him in a human voice, “Stop, mighty Prince! And please explain how you found me here?”

The King, astonished, put down his bow and pointed to the rescued man.  The Golden Deer said with authority, “Truly, it is better to take a ( Read more... )

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity."

John Muir

Winter isn’t a time of fear.  It is a time of gratitude and introspection.  We are blessed with these long and cold nights to revisit from a place of peace and wisdom the hard earned lessons of the year past.  We are also given this time to heal and to grow in to the person we will emerge as in the Spring.

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Peacefulness, an overwhelming sense of calm. These are not the ideas that people think of when they hear the words "survival course," but that is what I took with me from this weekend and those feeling have not easily been shaken ( Read more... )

This morning, The Today Show interviewed some kids who were in a preschool that was close to the twin towers on 9/11. They're 12 now... They've grown up. To them, it's been a lifetime since that day. I wonder how clear their memories are of it? Being a traumatic event, I'm sure it's clearer than most 4-year-old memories. But still. To them, it ( Read more... )