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- Salt On An Open Wound - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Sandra Carrington-Smith“There is no coming to consciousness without pain.” ~ Carl Jung Very few things are simultaneously as loving and painful as a kneading cat. Believe me, I would know; my cat, Wizard, is a twenty-pound bag of melted sugar and he regularly dispenses his love through the rhythmic action of his ...
Views: 833(1 vote) - The Path of the Phoenix - Rising From the Ashes of Teen Suicide - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2010 from Sandra Carrington-Smith“In spite of everything I shall rise again; I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.” ~ Vincent Van Gogh While I was catching up with e-mail last night, I overheard a story my husband was following on TV – a man served ...
Views: 813(2 votes) - Choices - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Sandra Carrington-Smith“In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt One of the most intriguing things about listening to people describe news events is their tendency to ...
Views: 697 - A Love that Never Dies - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2010 from Sandra Carrington-Smith“You taught me how to love; you taught me how to live; you taught me how to laugh; you taught me how to cry, but when you left, you forgot to teach me how to forget you.” ~ Hendie Not too long ago, my mother was telling me about a friend of hers, Anita, who recently lost her husband after a ...
Views: 1172(4 votes) - The Power of Our Beliefs - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2010 from Sandra Carrington-Smith“Fear is faith that it won’t work out.” ~ Author unknown While watching a comedy sitcom in which a kid was trying to learn how to swim, I saw my daughter become pensive for a moment. Then, with a puzzled look spreading across her little face, she said: “If I can swim, why is he having ...
Views: 707 - Lessons from a Daffodil - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2010 from Sandra Carrington-Smith“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” ~ Voltaire Yesterday was a dreary day. With temperatures in the forties and a steady, icy drizzle, one felt more motivated to buy warm chestnuts and candy canes that the Easter eggs and colorful bunnies ...
Views: 977(1 vote) - A Walk in the Woods - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Sandra Carrington-Smith“In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood where the straight way was lost. Ah! How hard a thing is it to tell what a wild, and rough, and stubborn wood this was, which in my thought renews the fear! So bitter is it that scarcely more is death: but to treat of the ...
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