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Category: Random Thoughts

The pursuit of perfection ...

I used to have a Flipboard app on my phone. It was flooding me with articles like this: 7 Steps to a Perfect Morning Routine! 27 Ways to the BEST Marriage Now! 16 Ways You Are Drinking Water Wrong! A Failure-Proof Bible Reading Plan! 12 Must-Read Books for September!  You get the point ... After […]

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Letting Go ...

I am a bit of a control freak. This has served me well in my life ... at times. And it has also caused me to ruin many a moment; to miss things because I am disappointed or frustrated with how reality is playing itself out. This makes me sad. So, I've been thinking a […]

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These days are dangerous ...

Read this today and thought it was so spot on: "These days are dangerous.Virtue is choked with foul Ambition,And Charity chased hence by Rancour’s hand." (William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616) Oh Bill Shakespeare, how can you be so wise?

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Look at the view ...

Some simple, profound words of wisdom today ... "I found one of my best teachers on the boardwalk at Coney Island many years ago. It was December, and I was doing a story about how the homeless suffer in the winter months. He and I sat on the edge of the wooden supports, dangling our […]

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Our children will ...

"Every age has its massive moral blind spots. We might not see them, but our children will." (Bono)

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We create ourselves ...

Hello 2017! "We create ourselves by our choices." (Soren Kierkegaard)

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Welcome to Alice at Dawn. My short posts are meant to be regular reminders to keep walking, to keep living, to continue to listen to the voice deep within your spirit that whispers ... this is the way. Walk in it.

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