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Tag Archives: Care
Stuck at a light
There is a traffic light between my house and my office that if you don’t catch it just right the wait for it to turn green is anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes. I have complained about it several times … Continue reading
Care, compassion and empathy
As many of you know I work in the non-profit world of affordable housing. The organization that I am affiliated with owns approximately 500 front doors, units that we lease to the elderly, people with mental health issues, HIV/AIDS, and … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Politics, Thoughts
Tagged Care, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Empathy, Homeless, leadership, Lindsey Graham, MAGA, Make America Great Again, Mitch McConnell, Trump
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The differences between us
I am sitting in my little downtown coffee shop right now. To my right are two people, an older man and a younger woman talking about candidates they are looking at for a job with their company. Behind me are … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Politics, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Affordable Housing, Care, community, Help, Homeless, homelessness, housing, mental health, Needs
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The reason for the season
I ate a $46.00 New York Strip steak last night, well I ate half of it and brought the other half home. My wife and I were invited to a small company holiday party at a well-known restaurant. The ambiance, as … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged Care, Christians, Christmas, Compassion, guilty, Help, Holidays, Homeless, Hope, Jesus, Love, reason for the season, Season
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The illusion of self-importance
“Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.” – Carl Sagan When … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts
Tagged Care, Change, Compassion, Death, earth, Ego, existence, Hope, Love, self-importance, Universe
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Despite our President
My wife and I have watched in awe as the people of Texas banded together and helped each other survive a horrible disaster. From the smallest, rescuing bats from the water under a highway bridge with a fishing net, to … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged Care, Compassion, concern, Donald Trump, Empathy, flooding, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Red Cross, Rockport, Salvation Army, Texas, Trump
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When status stunts your growth
I grew up in a very middle class suburban neighborhood filled with two style of houses, brick ranches and tri-levels. Everything and everyone was homogeneous. No one had a bigger or nicer house, and no one drove a fancier car. It … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts
Tagged Bully, Care, Compassion, desires, Heart, Lessons, middle class, money, prestige, status, wealth, youth
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The battle over our health
I watched a program last night, episode four, in a series called Life on the Line; The Lasting Impact. This episode was about Wilber “Wil” Alexander who has “sat at the bedside of the sick and the dying for the last … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Care, Compassion, Doctors, Empathy, Health, Healthcare, Love, Medicine, physician, Wil Alexander
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The old lady at church
I have attended the same church for 30 years. My wife has attended this church for most of her life. We were married here, our children were baptized and raised within this church’s walls. To say that we are invested … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Care, Church, Creative Writing, Death, Faith, Family, Love, Old Lady, Religion, Scary
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