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Beginner's Heart
bad choices & (broken) beginner’s heart
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Britton Gildersleeve
There is a slice of meringue pie in the fridge. Calling to me. It may well speak some formerly unknown language that sounds now a bit like mother tongue. I shouldn’t eat it, but it’s not such a big deal. So I will, later. After my unhappily sleepy grandson goes down for the night. That’s…
rescuing bees, even one by one
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Britton Gildersleeve
Yesterday I did my part for Save the Bees: I rescued one bee. Just one, at no risk to anything other than my sense of propriety (whatever that is!). Sitting at a two-top by a window, waiting for my sister to join me for lunch, I noticed a solitary honeybee caught against the window, gently…
the blame game, compromise, and windows
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Britton Gildersleeve
Yesterday I overdosed on politics. I read blog after article after news piece after FB post. Ugh. I was left more than slightly nauseous, and wondering how American politics came to such an ugly place. Of course I have my own interpretation of what’s going on, but what saddens me is that politics now seems…
self-love and the Golden Rule –
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Britton Gildersleeve
Most religions have a version of the Golden Rule: love others as you love yourself. Treat others as you would be treated. Do unto others as you would be done by. Here’s the catch: It means ZIP if you don’t love yourself. Respect yourself. Treat yourself with kindness. And another ‘secret’: most of us DON’T…
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