One measure of a person: What is it that you think about when you don't have to think?
If Satan cannot make us sin, he makes us busy.
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.
These types of quotes are what run through my head when I try to post these days. I have tried very often. In the past I have had time to muse and blunder on about happenings that arouse my emotions. Since settling in this job, I've had no such time. In the mean time, I've settled for writing about recreational events with my husband and family.
I work for beautiful people. People made beautiful by smiling through hardship. When I sit with them, I experience cutting through what is unnecessary about life and feeling what makes us human.
I can't tell you details of the exchanges I have with these people. It's not my business to share their personal experiences. But I get to see it.
Communities of the ill and aging are some of the most beautiful places I can imagine.
The people who have lived life. We owe them our respect. And our gratitude.
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