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Happy December!

We are busy working on Christmas cards—but I am going to remember to take time to think about  peace and hope and love during the holiday season. –Joy

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To be seen

The thing we want most is to be seen in our fullest,” says David Brooks, The New York Times columnist. “The thing we fear most is to be seen at our fullest.” I heard Brooks speak recently at Arts & Letters Live in Dallas. His new book is How to Know a Person—The Art of […]

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Keep being thankful

Thanksgiving is over. Christmas is coming! I am going to pledge to continue to be thankful throughout the holiday season. Here’s an anonymous quote I like. “May your heart be filled with both—thanks and giving.” –Joy

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Emerson once said, “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends.” And, I would add, “I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my family—and for my friends!” –Joy

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Autumn leaves

It’s still 80 degrees in Dallas on November 7, 2023, but I have seen a few autumn leaves. “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree,” Emily Bronte once said. –Joy

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Peaceful and vengeful

A native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about his feelings. He said, “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful, angry and violent. The other wolf is peaceful, loving and compassionate. I found this short story in the book The Way of Peace–Readings for a […]

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Your peace

“Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace,” Kimberly Jones once said. This quote appeared in the book The Way of Peace–Readings for a Harmonious Life.

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Washington’s wish for peace

“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,” George Washington once said.

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Noise

Panchita, Isabel Allende’s mother, once said, “Everything can be handled elegantly and without noise.” Isabel disagreed. “There’s no feminism without noise,” she writes. I just read Allende’s book The Soul of a Woman. Some of the book is very interesting, and some of it is not so interesting. –Joy

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Simple pleasures

Fall leaves, cooler weather and a cup of tea. Simple pleasures. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.” I hope you enjoy some simple pleasures today. –Joy

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