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The only real difference
Julia ♦ December 7, 2022 ♦ 9 Comments
“The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.” — Barbara Brown Taylor Sometime during our sons’ toddler years, around 1987, we had the misfortune to be on a really harrowing airline flight from Tampa to Charlotte en route back to our home in Dayton, Ohio. It’s the only time I’ve …
Contentment and aspiration
Julia ♦ April 13, 2022 ♦ 8 Comments
“We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel, for God made them fast friends. A man may aspire, and yet be quite content until it is time to raise; and both flying and resting are but parts of one contentment.” — Henry Ward Beecher I think I understand what Beecher was …
The first week of August
Julia ♦ August 1, 2021 ♦ Leave a comment
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, …
Eyes turned skyward
Julia ♦ October 15, 2020 ♦ 4 Comments
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” — Leonardo da Vinci I’ve written here before about having grown up in an airline family, surrounded by relatives and friends who were pilots, and …
Born on his father’s birthday
Julia ♦ March 31, 2020 ♦ 8 Comments
“He was born on his father’s birthday, a gift that keeps on giving.” — George F. Will, writing about his eldest son Jon This month I pay tribute to the two men who, other than my husband, have had the most lasting influence in my life. My father was born in April, and his first child …
Activity
Julia ♦ August 27, 2018 ♦ 32 Comments
“Don’t mistake activity with achievement.” ― John Wooden My sister keeps two hummingbird feeders on her deck, and during the few days that I spent with her recently, I probably saw more hummingbirds than during the rest of life put together. They swarm around, off and on, for most of the day every day. To watch them …
The only real difference
Julia ♦ December 7, 2015 ♦ 50 Comments
“The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.” — Barbara Brown Taylor Sometime during our sons’ toddler years, around 1987, we had the misfortune to be on a really harrowing airline flight from Tampa to Charlotte en route back to our home in Dayton, Ohio. It’s the only time I’ve …
Contentment and aspiration
Julia ♦ April 13, 2015 ♦ 36 Comments
“We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel, for God made them fast friends. A man may aspire, and yet be quite content until it is time to raise; and both flying and resting are but parts of one contentment.” — Henry Ward Beecher I think I understand what Beecher was …
The first week of August
Julia ♦ August 1, 2014 ♦ 23 Comments
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, …
Eyes turned skyward
Julia ♦ October 15, 2013 ♦ 33 Comments
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” — Leonardo da Vinci I’ve written here before about having grown up in an airline family, surrounded by relatives and friends who were pilots, and …
Born on his father’s birthday
Julia ♦ April 12, 2013 ♦ 53 Comments
“He was born on his father’s birthday, a gift that keeps on giving.” — George F. Will, writing about his eldest son Jon This month I pay tribute to the two men who, other than my husband, have had the most lasting influence in my life. My father was born in April, and his first child …
Defeat Despair 