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TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here Jean-Jacques Rousseau claimed that children were by nature good and learned best through their own unfettered life experiences. It wasn’t either good or necessary for parents to interfere. Rousseau also said, “The first thing a child should learn is how to endure.” Endurance is needed to successfully … Continue reading Enduring Together
TO ENJOY THE MUSIC IN TODAY’S POST, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE IN YOUR EMAIL, OR click here Not long ago my grandson and I paid a visit to my old neighborhood on Queen Anne Hill. Grandpa wanted to share a few stories from his childhood. We passed my favorite park, the store where I bought candy, my grade school and my very first job. … Continue reading Two Warriors
To enjoy the music in today’s post, please click the link above in your email, or click here. Today’s post comes from my friend, Joe Nagy. The ancient Greeks had a saying: “Call no man happy until he is dead.” The implication is that a change of fortune may make even the happiest person miserable. They also warned us that much of our suffering … Continue reading A Well Lived Life (by Joe)
In 1918 the photographer Eric Engstrom wanted an uplifting picture for a nation at war. He found a subject in Thomas Wilden, a local food peddler, at his dinner table in solitary prayer. I’ve kept the picture close to remind me of how, when, and where I first understood prayer. In an earlier post, I shared the story about an event that occurred in September … Continue reading A Prayer, or a Plea
To enjoy the music in today’s post, please click the link above in your email, or click here. Here are two more golden record selections for our Just A Thought flight into eternity. Sit back and enjoy. “Rhapsody In Blue,” written by George Gershwin, video clip here from the movie, Rhapsody in Blue — selected by Jeff Brain. “As Times Goes By,” written by … Continue reading More Music For The Ages