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To read today’s post in its optimal format, please go to the Just A Thought website. “How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. Seuss I recently heard from a person I hadn’t spoken with in 50 years. Someone once dear to me and with whom I shared my first great adventure my first great failure Our parting left me with a broken memory … Continue reading On Mending Memories
To read today’s post and hear the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. “Grit is the quiet courage to keep moving when comfort would have us stop — the steady fire that turns endurance into triumph.” — Author unknown My friend Neil Vance offered up a wise observation on parenting. “A parent can do no better than to instill in a child … Continue reading The Virtue of Grit
The first real job I ever had was as a Seattle Times paper boy. I delivered papers seven days a week to homes on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Working my route, I learned a few things about my neighbors: many were lonely many felt isolated many were without family I learned just showing up made a difference in their … Continue reading What I Learned as a Paper Boy
To read today’s post and hear the music, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. ***** “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” ~ Eldridge Cleaver In 1968 I read Soul on Ice, by Eldridge Cleaver, a book that, in my college days, would move me like few others. He said, in describing 1968, “The destiny of the entire … Continue reading Mark Pearson Remembers 1968
To read today’s post and hear the recording, please go to the Just A Thought website. Please click here. For Americans, and perhaps many others, it is easy to get swept away by what’s been happening in the news these days. It’s as though a giant tsunami has swept over us. We have endured any number of tsunamis in our history. 1776 1861 1929 1941 … Continue reading Remembering 1968