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Sometimes the most insignificant incident can bring about a glimmer of nearly sublime peace and joy.
I was almost to the halfway point on my daily walk when I spied on the sidewalk, adjacent to a large green and white splotch of bird droppings, a neatly folded, crisp, new one-dollar bill (also green and white.)
Just before bending to pick it up, I was thinking about how stiff and sore my old, aching joints were, and how sweaty hot it was there on the reflecting pavement in the Arizona summer morning sunlight, nearly one hundred degrees already, and how God-awful tired I was getting each day on this repetitious two mile walk.
Just after picking up the carelessly abandoned buck, I was surprised to notice how good I suddenly felt, how light-hearted and cheerful, how strangely happy.
Just goes to show . . .
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WORD FOR TODAY
humanism
Humanism is an approach in study, philosophy, world view, or practice that focuses on human values and concerns, attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.
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Born June 21,1947
Michael Gross is an American television, movie, and stage actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. His most notable role was as Steven Keaton, father of Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) from the TV series, Family Ties.
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Born June 21, 1947
Meredith Baxter is an American television, movie, and stage actor who plays both comedic and dramatic roles. His most notable role was as the mother of Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) from the hit TV series, Family Ties.
(Note: the two 'Family Ties' actors above are exactly the same age.)
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Born June 21, 1921
Died Feb. 28, 2011
Died Feb. 28, 2011
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__________Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
--Mark Twain
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