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  • Where is Your Solid Ground?

    I was feeling so under-the-weather.  I am rarely sick but this flu I caught after Christmas really laid me low.  By day ten I was really discouraged.  All that ginger/cayenne/lemon tea I’d sipped, all the rest and..



  • Do You Want it All?

    “I don’t want it all – I just want a really nice piece of it!” ~ movie “The Women” I laughed when I heard the character in the movie say she just wanted a really nice piece..


  • You Will Survive

     “At first I was afraid. I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side…” – Gloria Gaynor –  I Will Survive When I was in university I could relate to this song. ..





  • Dear LFI: How Do I Deal With My Fear?

    This is the fourth post in the Dear LFI series where we converge here on the porch to answer specific, personal, life-issue questions posed by anonymous contributors. Will you offer your thoughts on this issue? My life is wonderful…I..


  • What Gives Your Life Meaning?

    Twice this question arose in my life recently. The first time was when I somehow came upon Viktor Frankl’s book: Man’s Search for Meaning; the second time was in church. The priest, who cited Frankl’s book, said..