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Effort

Swimming is a skill I learned when I was little. I could swim after a fashion. Mostly, it was taught to prevent drowning. Later, as a kid, I swam in the ocean, snorkeled off the coast of Florida, and ...

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Golden Days

We rarely recognize golden days when we are living them. Good can only be evaluated by what we consider bad, and bad by what we consider good. Contrast determines the difference. Habitually, we focus ...

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Satisfaction

We all want to be satisfied with our lives but achieving that state can be difficult because life never allows us to reach a high point (or even a low point) and then stop. Life has a way of continuin...

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The Many Faces of Joy

Joy has many nuances. There is the joy of standing and looking out on the land, seeing the greenery of nature, the blue of the sky, of feeling the sun on one’s skin, the breeze on one’s face. There is...

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Happy What?

I used to compete in triathlons and the occasional marathon and half marathon. I loved the training more than the actual competitions. I would feel confident as the morning of each race dawned, having...

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Some Thoughts on Love

Kakuzo Okakura wrote: