Posts Tagged ‘wonder and awe’
The text in red below is from Susan Cain’s Kindred Spirits Newsletter* on 2.1.23. I knew the minute I read it, I would find some way to build a Valentine’s post around it. I highly recommend the entire post that the red section below was only part of. Her words will be in red and my […]
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Looking at you, Joy! I am looking at the feathery fingers of purple Mexican Sage bush as riotous in their movement as in their beauty, a contrast to the quiet lavender shed they stand next to. I am not looking at my recently deceased brother’s red tool chest tucked safely inside the shed, but I […]
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On April 22nd, 2022, my youngest sibling, Robert Gerard Wonders said farewell to his life on earth. He experienced a massive heart attack in the restroom at work while two of sweetest human beings surrounded him with love and the sure knowledge that he was held in high regard. Walt, his boss, worked valiantly to […]
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Early this morning my son, Zachary Robert Wonders Dearing, asked me: “What one thing will you do today to bring yourself joy, mom?” My son knows my heart is heavy with worry for our world. The war in Ukraine is breaking my heart. The people’s fierce and undaunted bravery juxtaposed along side their country’s suffering and […]
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For the Road to Santiago by David Whyte “For the road to Santiago, don’t make new declarations about what to bring and what to leave behind. Bring what you have. You were always going that way anyway, you were always going there all along.” No New Year’s Resolutions, as we traditionally think […]
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