A Mindful Life

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Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place. –Susan Sontag, Illness [...]

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. –Carl Sandburg

You cannot think straight with a heart full of fear, for fear seeks safety, not truth… A heart full of love, on the other hand, has a limbering effect on the mind. –William Sloane Coffin

Angelina Jolie speaks about her motherly feelings toward her adopted and biological children. I think I feel so much more for Madd and Zee because they’re survivors, they came through so much. Shiloh seemed so privileged from the moment she was born. I have less inclination to feel for her…I met my other kids when [...]

Twenty minutes ago I logged on to my student loan account to see if my AmeriCorps education award had cleared. It had! That left a balance of $1,009, and I made an electronic payment, effective today, to pay it off. No more student loan. That’s $65,000 paid off in the last 2.5 years; my entire [...]

Life is short and we have not too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind! –Henri F. Amiel

I believe that in this world there is and always has been so much sadness and sorrow, so much uncertainty, that if we didn’t set aside time for merriment, gifts, music and laughter with family and friends, we might just forget to celebrate all together. –Melinda Shoaf

We were approved for the town home. I’m massively relieved. We need to sign the lease, and we were offered the option to take one year and five months, which we’ll probably do, then go year to year after. Now I’m faced with the daunting job of packing. Given my wobbly health of late, I’ll [...]