Category: Spirituality
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Winter Weather
You start your car 20 minutes before you have to leave for work, otherwise the day would be off to an even more miserable start, your breath fogging up the windshield while you duck and try to see the hazy road through the small clearing in the frost, directly above the flow of air that…
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Reincarnation and the Spirit
I was jogging at night, along a sidewalk adjacent to a main road, although no cars were in sight. All of a sudden and for no apparent reason, as I felt the cool autumn breeze on my face, I saw the road and my surroundings as if from someone else’s eyes. It was a very…
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Hiking with Dogs
I spent part of my Thanksgiving going on a hike with Buddy & Rigs. As soon as I grab the leashes, or say the word “hike”, they know it’s on. Usually I’ll tell them 30 minutes or more in advance of our departure so I can selfishly enjoy their uncontained excitement as they prance around,…
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The Life of a Snowflake
It formed from ice crystals joined together high in the frosty atmosphere, until it became heavy enough to leave the cloud which was its home, drifting slowly, unhurriedly, toward the city below. The city folk were rushing between places, cursing under their breaths about the cold and the slush and the wetness. Perched on the…
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Aliens
I’ll never forget the last chapter of an astronomy textbook I had to read for a college class. I don’t remember the specifics, but the point was, “It’s not a matter of if intelligent life exists in our universe. It’s a matter of when.” Think of it this way. We are one planet that orbits…
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Slow Down and Lose Weight
Watching me eat used to be like watching a pig at the trough. It wasn’t pretty for the person watching, nor was it particularly enjoyable for me. Whenever someone would point it out, I’d just say, “I’m a Kobayashi,” with my mouth full. You lose out in so many ways when you eat fast. Although…