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Have you ever seen somebody do something so well that you responded by thinking or saying, “They were born to do this”? Perhaps it was a musician who transformed you to a higher place. Or you watched an amazing athletic performance, like that of an olympian, and you thought about their giftedness, and hard work.Continue reading “Gifted”

Have you ever broken a promise? I honestly can’t remember if I have. That is probably because broken promises hurt the promise recipient and generally only mildly affect the promise giver. So I may have really hurt someone without intending to and without consequences to me. There seems to be a pandemic of broken promisesContinue reading “Broken Promises”

When I was young, a boy could get a job as a paper boy. The paper boy had to get up early every day, go get his allotment of newspapers, fold them, put a rubber band around them, and ride his bike around the neighborhood delivering the newspapers. Once a month he had to goContinue reading “Paper Boy”

Every once in a while my wife will say something that I do not understand at all. Most of the time this happens after we have been quiet for a while. Then she will speak about a subject that we haven’t discussed, at least not recently. You see before she has spoken, she has beenContinue reading “What?”

During my 71 years of life I have often been in a position where I had to depend on the kindness of others. When I was in the hospital I relied on the expertise and compassion of medical professionals for health and basic needs. Whenever we came home from overseas, we depended on the hospitalityContinue reading “Compassion”