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Spiritual Reset

We often need a reset. We can get a physical reset after a nap or a good night’s sleep. We prompt a mechanical reset when we fill the gas tank in the car and clear the trip meter. We need an electronic reset every now and then when cell phones work poorly and need to be powered off and restarted. In the past year a pandemic triggered for us a cultural and behavioral reset. Resets allow us to start over. They provide punctuation in our lives, creating pauses of varying lengths. Resets...

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Give Distractions the Boot

I love my mom. Even more than that, I value every moment I have with her. I cherish these moments because I am very aware that I don’t have many left. At 92, she has begun to fall more often, to refuse to eat vegetables, to sing at the top of her lungs a combination of hymns, prayers and gibberish. I cannot get enough of it. She makes me smile, she brings joy, and she gives the best hugs. When I am with her, I want every moment filled up with giving her my...

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The Art of Conversation

In a recent conversation with a music major, the subject of art came up. I shared with him my fascination with the arts: visual, musical, performance, digital, etc. It was fun to explain to him that, though I am not particularly gifted in any of those areas, I have a deep appreciation for the arts. I then turned the focus of the conversation to conversation itself. You see, I’ve always seen word as art, not just in terms of poetry or...

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