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December 03, 2018 — February 22, 2019 12/03/2018 — When Paul says,“Let us run with endurance/perseverancethe race that is set before us,”he uses the Greek word “agona”for “race.” “The AGONY that is set before us.” This is no walk through the lilies of the valley.No picnic with gentle breezesby quietly flowing streams. AGONY is theContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 046”

09/07/2018 — 12/01/2018 09/07/2018 — We think we work to make moneyin order to sock it away,enjoy our lifeand have a good time. Burt Reynolds said if he could do it overhe would spend more moneyand have more fun. Money is funto our way of thinking,enabling us to avoid the doldrumsand go where the actionContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 045”

June 20, 2018 — September 07, 2018 06/20/2018 — What you do to pay the billsis one thing.What you pay the bills to dois another.What do you pay the bills to do?How much time do you spend doing it?Do you believe in itwith all your heart?Does it make your little heart sing? And your littleContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 044”

April 7, 2018 — June 20, 2018 04/07/2018 — Language builds and tears down,heals and makes well,attacks and destroys,opens up and closes down,expands and restricts,creates and eradicates creation,is bold and confident,terrified and insecure,gives birth and lays waste…there is nothing language cannot do.The more something is saidthe more acceptable it becomes,the more invisible,unnoticeable,it is. How longContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 043”

January 4, 2018 — April 6, 2018 01/04/2018 — Joseph Campbell said: “Heinrich Zimmer used to say,‘The best things can’t be told,’because they transcend thought.‘The second best are misunderstood,’because those are the thoughtsthat are supposed to refer tothat which can’t be thought about,and one gets stuck in the thoughts.‘The third best are what we talkContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 042”

October 28, 2017 – January 3, 2018 10/28/2017 — I do not know how I missedBillie Holiday’s aria “Strange Fruit”recorded in 1939about lynching’s in the south,but there is no reason for you to miss it: https://www.youtube.com/embed/Web007rzSOI?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent This should be required listeningfor everyone world wideas a reminder of where we have been,of where we have comeContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 041”

July 23, 2017 — October 27, 2017 4401.  07/23/2017 — As we age,things drop away.Things like our hair,our teeth,our hearing,our eyesight,our sense of urgencyabout unimportant things…And it is our placeto allow that to happen–to let go what’s going,and to let come what’s coming.We cannot continue living a lifethat is no longer available to us.And weContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 040”

January 28, 2017—April 10, 2017 4201. 01/28/2017 — We treat our life with contemptand complete disregardif it disappoints usand fails to bewhat we wish it were.We never forgive our lifefor not beingwhat we want it to be.Our life needs us to care for it,to tend it,nurture it,nourish itas we would a baby.We are here toContinue reading “One Minute Monologues 038”