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What Do 90-Somethings Regret Most in life
My preconceptions about older people first began to crumble when one of my congregants, a woman in her 80s, came into my office seeking pastoral care. She had been widowed for several years but the reason for her distress was not the loss of her husband. It was her falling in love with a married…
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Be Patient with Life
Be patient with life, despite its cruelty. Often it seems careless of our pain, But just as often brings us hope again. Remember, I wanted happiness for you. Under every foolish word this still was true. Be happy, then, without, as you would with me. In your life many sweet events remain. Not in anguish,…
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The Poor Can’t Afford Not to Wear Nice Clothes
Why do disadvantaged people spend money on status symbols? For the same reason we all do. Every time there is a national news story about a black shopper getting harassed in a store, there is a predictable backlash to the miscarriage of justice. We tend to move quickly from being outraged that it happened to…
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Life – A journey ahead
The fruit of labour, The menace of failure The determination to achieve, To make one believe That success can be near, Turns down the failure-fear And a step you advance, success seems to cling Give more thrust and advance, And you find yourself in success ring. Success succumbs to the brave, Cowards fear success break…
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Disclosure
Young girl drastically perplexed by realityUrgently escapes to a nearby sanctuary As she wanders along its clear water edgesHer tragic love story, roams freely in her mindNothing in her view, but his once tender eyesHow they effortlessly held the faithful promiseOf a delightfully secure and beautiful forever Troubling tears quickly arise in her eyesReality hastily…