Wise counsel is sometimes found in unexpected places. The following is from Maisie Dobbs (the first in a series of Maisie Dobbs mysteries by Jacqueline Winspear):
Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions… Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusion, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing.
Notice that here the [...]
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“I suppose she’s intelligent enough…”
The voice I overheard was talking about me.
“…but she couldn’t even find St. John’s Mercy Hospital.”
I recognized the speaker, as I had given her an ill-fated ride the day before. And yes, it’s true, I have what seems to be a genetic propensity for getting lost. At [...]
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Posted in Acceptance, On the Road on Feb 20th, 2005
Two Saturdays ago when I went downstairs, sounds of cheering were coming from the street. I looked out the front window to see a marathon going by. It turned out to be the “Great Gainesville Road Race” that is held every year.
There was no small number of runners, and they were a whole microcosm [...]
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I have sometimes said that insights come to me more easily when I am on the road. Perhaps the fact of being in between two places — being neither here nor there, so to speak — frees the mind and the heart to receive what is offered. But on the road or not, [...]
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Posted in Advent, On the Road on Feb 18th, 2005
Tucked in the birthday card from Sister Elizabeth was a small slip of heavy paper, a few words printed on it in ornate type. The printing was obviously done in the pre-computer days of real printing presses, because I could feel the words when I ran my finger over either the front or the [...]
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