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Bare Trees in Fog

Simply living . . .

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With all the focus on the Supreme Court's ruling on Presidential immunity, the other controversial ruling* affecting the plebeians slipped between the cracks, which is routine for the many who live on the streets of our country. Florida's ruling** against homeless folks came first, of course. Now, yet another ban reaches beyond this backwater to all y'all.


If you are reading this, most likely you like me, have not had to spend a single night without a roof over our heads or food to eat. That makes it hard sometimes to take in the reality of even a single day. I appreciate that, and want to share a lovely true story of one person who made the choice to find out for himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnO2351Ncdw










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Jul 10, 2024
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Thank for sharing the true story of St Francis. I wonder which plans your governors has made to provide theses services he suggests?

Having, in this past year experienced the fear of not having a safe place to sleep as well as true food insecurity, prompted by my choice to live apart from my soon to be former husband. I have tremendous empathy for the journey described in your first link. The most important part for me of the video came in the last 2 minutes. (Which was worth the wait)...The wisdom to know and accept right here right now I choose to be in the present. I choose to be free of lies and hiding and deception. Truly embracing…

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Marie Laure
Jul 10, 2024
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Honestly, your insights are profound and help me to keep thinking. Thank you, once again.


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Guest
Jul 09, 2024

Thank you for this, it was incredible 

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​Six Stages of Pilgrimage:

  • The Call:

  • The opening clarion of any spiritual journey. Often in the form of a feeling or some vague yearning, a fundamental human desire: finding meaning in an overscheduled world somehow requires leaving behind our daily obligations. Sameness is the enemy of spirituality.

  • The Separation:

  • Pilgrimage, by its very nature, undoes certainty. It rejects the safe and familiar. It asserts that one is freer when one frees oneself from daily obligations of family, work, and community, but also the obligations of science, reason, and technology.

  • The Journey:

  • The backbone of a sacred journey is the pain and sacrifice of the journey itself.  This personal sacrifice enhances the experience; it also elevates the sense of community one develops along the way.

  • The Contemplation:

  • Some pilgrimages go the direct route, right to the center of the holy of holies, directly to the heart of the matter. Others take a more indirect route, circling around the outside of the sacred place, transforming the physical journey into a spiritual path of contemplation like walking a labyrinth.

  • The Encounter:

  • After all the toil and trouble, after all the sunburn and swelling and blisters, after all the anticipation and expectation comes the approach, the sighting. The encounter is the climax of the journey, the moment when the traveler attempts to slide through a thin veil where humans live in concert with the Creator.

  • The Completion and Return:

  • At the culmination of the journey, the pilgrim returns home only to discover that meaning they sought lies in the familiar of one's own world. "Seeing the place for the first time . . ."

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