All posts filed under: Monday Musings

Thoughts to start off the work week

A more trusting time

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Pete Buttigieg explains why trust is foundational to American democracy and why we must fight the attacks on truth.

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I love the pithy proverb – Volume 3.

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Our emotions were whipsawed this week between heartbreak and elation. Our next choices will help decide which one wins.

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Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. Amidst cries of hatred we need to recognize the strength of gratitude.

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Weekly letters of gratitude proved a powerful antidote to the poison that threatened to permeate our lives in 2020.

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December is for “Best of…” lists. To celebrate 2020 here are the top 10 posts based on reader views.

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The books I read in the year of COVID, Black Lives Matter, and GOP attacks on our democracy.

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You never know when someone needs you to be there, to be your best. It may be as you write a note or pour a cup of coffee.

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Frederick Douglass is a 19th century prophet whose words still resonate in 21st century America.

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We have reached the point in our civic lives where we are easily overwhelmed by evil and hatred, which isolate the mind and kill the heart.