I wondered if How is better than What, so I took an unofficial survey of 30 people. I presented my palatable scenario to an equal number of adult men and women and the findings had no bearing whatsoever on gender, race, age, religion, financial status or any other criteria used to define who we are. However, personalities did emerge like tulips in spring. I said to my subjects, “Imagine a plate of meat – your choice, – a baked potato, and vegetable – again your choice. In what order would you eat the food?” Survey findings were categorized into three Read More
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Grace in God’s Silence
Have you ever known the grace in God’s silence? I have. Several years ago I had surgery for cancer deep in my abdomen. It was the third surgery for cancer in that area. So, it was decided that I would receive five weeks of daily doses of radiation prior to inter-operative radiation. “Because of the difficult location of the tumor and the radiation, there’s a possibility that the nerve to your leg may be damaged affecting your ability to walk,” the surgeon at Mayo Clinic said, quietly. Since I like to walk three miles a day, I tried to project Read More
When Your Hut is on Fire
He fell to his knees on the hot sand and wept bitterly. ” Why didn’t You just let me die in the shipwreck?”