Tag Archives: love

Teach me….

Posted on 08/12/2014 by

Teach me to love all things, big and small; clean and dirty: the burr oak massive with age; the silent worm that threads the earth; my fellow beings, rich or poor, sung or unsung. Teach me to be patient, learning … Continue reading →

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A lingering malice that kills

Posted on 05/29/2014 by

To be happy in life comes down to feeling good about yourself. It isn’t about money, popularity, power, or other commonly assumed indicators of success. In fact, these may actually be forms of over compensation, masking our sense of unworthiness … Continue reading →

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Women are better lovers

Posted on 10/22/2013 by

There is this passage in the poet Byron’s Don Juan that has always impressed me as one of the keenest observations concerning women to be found in literature:  “Man’s love is of his life a thing apart,/’Tis woman’s whole existence” … Continue reading →

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Love as a many splendored thing

Posted on 02/19/2013 by

Recently one of America’s favorite singers, Rihanna, reconciled with her on and off again boyfriend, Chris Brown.  You’ll remember he had beaten her up several months earlier. In a similar vein, about a year ago I got to know a … Continue reading →

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