Category: Appreciation & Gratitude
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Agatha Christie’s Memories. Thoughts on her life being part of an unknown play. Quotes on memory and soul. (April 2017)
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Alice Herz-Sommer. World’s oldest living holocaust survivor on finding beauty in life. (September 2020)
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Angel of Dawn poem by J.S. Cutler (New day bringing new gift) (June 2011)
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Awareness. Noticing. Eulogy for each day of life. “Desert Wisdom by Nouwen” (January 2022)
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Beauty in Details. Finding God. Finding meaning in life. “One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Voskamp (April 2012)
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Beauty in the moment. In gardens. In what is NOW. Creation. This moment. (June 2008)
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Beauty of Life and Finding God – Etty Hillesum/WWII Journal of 29 year old in concentration camp) (Mar 2009)
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Beauty of living. Choices. The soul. Falling in love with literature. Pursuing LIFE rather than enduring life. (Dec. 2008)
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Desires for self and those we love. Beauty of a moment. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote. (Oct. 2006)
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Finding Joy in Daily Life “Honey in Your Heart” & “Live with Intention” Mary Anne Radmacher (March 2012)
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Fully living regardless of losses Keeping eternal perspective. “The Delaney Sisters” 104 & 107 Years Old (July 2017)
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Happiness/Grief same time. Beauty that Hasn’t Yet Been Created “The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss (June 2009)
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Helen Keller short essay on what she would do if given the gift of three days of sight and hearing. (Jan. 2016)
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Helen Keller’s writing on her teacher’s beauty. Fear of life after teacher’s death. Gift of senses. (Sept. 2018)
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Morning Prayer. Trust. Hope. Responsibility to Life. Love. (May 2024)
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Music Love. Friendships. Character. Gifts from love of music. “Piano Shop on the Left Bank” by Thad Carhart (Oct. 2008)
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Poem on little bird living in our soul. Poem on what feeds our soul, keeping our souls alive. (November 2024)
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Poems compiled in 1941 & read during WW2 (March 2021)
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Quotes on Appreciating TODAY “The Traveler” always traveling to find happiness by Daren Simkin (July 2024)
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Simplicity and Love for Books “Simple Abundance” by Sarah Ban Breathnach (Jan. 2009)
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Simplicity. Beauty in details. The Way of the Small by Michael Gellert (May 2009)
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Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Strength. Hope. Faith. Desire. Love. (October 2016)
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Spirituality in Daily Life & Work – “Adam Bede” by George Eliot (July 2014)
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The Art of Happiness by William Ogden NYT Column 1945 & Michel Michel by Robert Lewis WW2 (April 2013)
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Thoughts of a little waif child. Michael O’Halloran by Gene Stratton Porter. (April 2010)
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Time. Precious. Beautiful Moments. Taking Time to Appreciate Life in the Present (Apr. 2007)