Category Archives: Gift of Mystery

December 2023 theme

What Lies Beyond

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.Paulo Coelho I am attracted to mystery, to what cannot be easily explained, if explained at all. I was the child who believed Santa would … Continue reading

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Mysteries of Life

The older I get the more I see that life is one mystery after another. Things that I do and things that others do. The way the world works is all a mystery to me.   I was driving and I … Continue reading

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Questioning Exploration

There were eleven new species discovered in 2023, and 21 were declared extinct, and NASA discovered six new exoplanets. With all this, the mysteries of the universe still sit at our door. I often question our exploration and the humans … Continue reading

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Family Secrets

Every family has their secrets. The not so big one on my mom’s side was that she had a child out of wedlock and gave him up for adoption. I found this out when I was about 7 or 8 … Continue reading

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Wonder and Mystery–Lamb Song

This is a song I wrote in college in 1982. Since then I’ve been married, worked for 38 years before retiring, and raised 3 children with my best friend in this world. We had no clue what we would become … Continue reading

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It’s A Mysterious Life

For the past twenty-odd years, ever since I was old enough to truly ponder it, the mystery of the meaning of life has taken up a fair amount of space in my mind. My emotions surrounding this big unknown (that … Continue reading

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Mystery of the Seasons

What was it like to live in far earlier times of awe and wonder? Given the present season my thoughts went to the ancient mystery of the Seasons. When and how did humans becomeaware of the periodic movements of the … Continue reading

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