by JAC | Oct 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
We do not wish for the disappearance of our sufferings but for the grace to transform them. Simone Weil Today’s “Big Words” are brought to you by my current acupuncturist, a lovely woman who also works as a nurse in palliative care. I’ve been...
by JAC | Oct 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Words: so innocent and powerless…how potent for good and evil they become, in the hands of one who knows how to combine them!” Hawthorne According to Jung, certain dreams are considered, “Big Dreams.” These are the dreams we have at...
by JAC | Oct 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
How easily could God, if He so willed, Set back the world a little turn or two! Correct its griefs, and bring its joys again! Edna St. Vincent Millay Today we will offer our condolences and prayers on social media. I suppose that means different things for different...
by JAC | Sep 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
“One begins the slow walk back to health by choosing each day things that enliven one’s selfhood and resisting things that do not.” Parker Palmer, “Let Your Life Speak” I am often, actually almost always—overwhelmed. This probably has...
by JAC | Sep 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
“So strange, life is. Why people do not go around in a continual state of surprise is beyond me.” William Maxwell “First it’ll be September, then the holidays, then you’re half-way through the school year, then done, and before you know...
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by JAC | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I know I have quite a few readers here that have followed my writing since it was published here almost seven years ago. Last year around Father’s Day I wrote a piece that in some ways seemed to continue my thoughts from that NY Times article. That piece was...
