Category Archives: Do the Work

Piling up the words – 500K

Yesterday I tripped over the 500,000 word mark for this blog, as noted by this little WordPress widget-y thing:

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Peace on Earth. It starts with me.

It doesn’t matter what your religion is. If it condones violence of any kind, intolerance of others because of their beliefs, or their color, or their lifestyle, your religion is a failure. It has not improved the world, or your … Continue reading →

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Worth taking a look

take a moment and look around. Chances are good you will find something worth pausing over and wondering over. Continue reading →

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Being in the World — Pico Iyer

Talking of how you are a Buddhist and therefore opposed to the Judeo-Christian teaching is like solemnly asserting that your right nostril is the source of everything good, and your left nostril a place of evil. Continue reading →

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For the quote box

To be an artist it is necessary to live with our eyes wide open, to breathe in the colors of the mountain and sky, to know the sound of leaves rustling, the smell of snow, the texture of bark. It … Continue reading →

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