Saturday, December 31, 2022
some text from a Politico article
“My dad ran our young family like one of his army platoons,” he [Mike Pence] writes in his book.
Ed Pence — who died of a heart attack when Pence was 28, while Pence was on the trail speaking at a Republican Club event — rarely attended his sons’ extracurricular activities, including his brothers’ football games and Pence’s speaking competitions.
When Pence and his brothers tried to get their father to help them with a Mother’s Day gift, Ed demurred. She wasn’t his mother, he told them.
Ed Pence — who died of a heart attack when Pence was 28, while Pence was on the trail speaking at a Republican Club event — rarely attended his sons’ extracurricular activities, including his brothers’ football games and Pence’s speaking competitions.
When Pence and his brothers tried to get their father to help them with a Mother’s Day gift, Ed demurred. She wasn’t his mother, he told them.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Serenity (from daily ACA email)
"We can find serenity"
We may not have experienced what we think of as serenity - we see it as something other people have, not us. We may not even know what serenity is, let alone where to look for it. What does it feel like?
It may be best to start by examining what we think serenity might be. Maybe it's a magical, peaceful feeling that totally engulfs someone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With this feeling, people never feel stress, fear or anxiety. Well, that's a nice idea to contemplate, but we know in our heart of hearts that it's not reality.
A more realistic view of serenity is to think of it as a core of acceptance that already resides deep inside us - something that we haven't yet tapped into or perhaps acknowledged. It may be small, even tiny now. But it will grow. We learn to recognize and feel little moments of it in our lives.
We find serenity when we accept our life - past and present, and learn to trust the future. As part of this shift in our mindset, we learn that serenity is achievable. We understand that we won't feel it 24/7, but it will be present enough to change our lives.
On this day I will remind myself that I already have serenity inside me. It is up to me to help it grow by building acceptance and trust.
We may not have experienced what we think of as serenity - we see it as something other people have, not us. We may not even know what serenity is, let alone where to look for it. What does it feel like?
It may be best to start by examining what we think serenity might be. Maybe it's a magical, peaceful feeling that totally engulfs someone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With this feeling, people never feel stress, fear or anxiety. Well, that's a nice idea to contemplate, but we know in our heart of hearts that it's not reality.
A more realistic view of serenity is to think of it as a core of acceptance that already resides deep inside us - something that we haven't yet tapped into or perhaps acknowledged. It may be small, even tiny now. But it will grow. We learn to recognize and feel little moments of it in our lives.
We find serenity when we accept our life - past and present, and learn to trust the future. As part of this shift in our mindset, we learn that serenity is achievable. We understand that we won't feel it 24/7, but it will be present enough to change our lives.
On this day I will remind myself that I already have serenity inside me. It is up to me to help it grow by building acceptance and trust.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Friday, December 9, 2022
Thursday, December 1, 2022
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