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Why Living Our Dreams Sustains Us

For over a decade now, I have been carrying around six photocopied pages of Paulo Coelho’s, “The Pilgrimage.” They are tattered, have coffee stains on them, pen markings of all kinds, yet I reread them every now and then and … Continue reading

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Spring is the one season that visually and aromatically defines the renewal of life.  The fragrances of new beginnings surrounds us at every corner we turn, filling the air with the illumination of– nature and her beauty. While each chapter … Continue reading

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The Grinch, Santa, Jesus, Ebenezer, You and Me too

With all of the crazy hurrying around that this season entails, December is still a time when we pause, even if ever so briefly, to reflect on all that the year has meant to each of us.   It is a … Continue reading

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The Miserable vs. The Joy

Friends love misery, in fact.  Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends. Erica Jong When we are young Joy seems to float … Continue reading

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The Beloved = Joy!

“when you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.” ~Stanislaw Lec Recently, a friend of mine wrote me and asked, “Rosanne, when you have time send me your definition of joy.” I don’t … Continue reading

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The Masterpiece of True Love

(that jar of paint was not meant for any-body…) Dear Michelangelo, I try to forget you. But your light shines through on to me every day. everywhere. Wherever I turn I find you There– (Painting Me.) I try to imagine … Continue reading

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Ch-Ch-Changes

“If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” Author Unknown January is coming to a quick close as we forge ahead into the New Year with the anticipation of Spring! The first month of the year, is the month where … Continue reading

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Why The Lonely Have Forgotten (How)To Weep

By Little Warrior There used to be a time when people had— C o n v e r s a t i o n s. (face 2 face) There used to be a time when men and women En-gaged with … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving and the Certainty of Impermanence

While driving to work the other day and eating Cookies’n Cream Pop Tarts, Pachelbel’s Canon serenaded me through the beautiful streets, laden with freshly fallen jewel toned leaves, in burnt crimson and gold.  The trees are now so bare that … Continue reading

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Sunday, October 10, 2010, Thought For The Day

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