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Joy shall be yours

“Villagers all, this frosty tide,     Let your doors swing open wide,      Though wind may follow, and snow beside,     Yet draw us in by your fire to bide;               Joy shall be yours in the morning!” — Kenneth Grahame,   from The Wind in the Willows Christmas Eve has long been my favorite day …

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Absolutely, positively, certainly

“In our rush for newer, quicker, better, we seem to be missing out on what we fundamentally crave, a calmer, gentler, sweeter and more gracious life.  Is it easy to achieve such a life?  Definitely not.  Is it possible?  Absolutely, positively, certainly, yes.  (Don’t look for impossible from me; I’ve never found a solution in …

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