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Monthly Archive for May, 2009

I found a great short inspirational poem called Don’t Just Give Up by a lady who goes by the handle of C5. She is writing her day to day life as poetry. One poem for each day for one year. The poem was written as a personal message to herself, but I found it to [...]

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Family

I came from an extremely dysfunctional family. I know I am not alone in that regard. I have been blessed with five wonderful children and, as I grow older and the family gathers from time to time, I feel the warmth and companionship that had been missing in my own childhood. I am so grateful [...]

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History

I have always been an avid reader. I particularly like ancient history. I loved reading of exotic places and events that shaped the world. Then I noticed something very strange to me. It was the cyclical nature of events. Time and again the same pattern of events would occur. Mankind would seem to repeat the [...]

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Learning

I have never had any difficulty in learning. I am blessed with a very good memory and have always had a passion for helping others to understand. When I was fifteen I used to go to a place called Silver City. It was a home for the intellectually handicapped on the outskirts of town. I [...]

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Virtue

I have always found it ironic how we tend to judge others on our personal views of virtue. We rush to criticize and yet, so often, merely reinforce our own prejudice. When I was at primary school we had a young African boy join our class. He was the object of much attention. Some boys [...]

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