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This Is The Promised Day

by Beca Lewis December 14, 2011

When you wake each morning, what is your first thought of the day? How many of us have this as our first thought, “This is the promised day”. Perhaps we do if for some reason it is a special day, like a wedding, a party, or a holiday, but what about an ordinary day. What [...]

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Is The Bluebird Of Happiness Tapping On Your Window?

by Beca Lewis May 17, 2011

When I first heard it, I had no idea what it was. I thought someone was tapping at my door, but when I looked, there was no one there. I followed the sound and discovered a beautiful bluebird tapping on the glass door that leads into my office. Thinking it was a one of a [...]

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A Five-Inch Willow Down In Three Minutes

by Beca Lewis February 23, 2011

Yes, that is how fast a beaver can gnaw down a tree. Perhaps you aren’t interested in gnawing down trees, but I am betting that you have projects, ideas, and circumstances that appear bigger than a five-inch willow. And perhaps your resources don’t feel any bigger than a beaver’s teeth. Teeth And Tail Yet, with [...]

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Seven Ideas For Fully Enjoying Life

by Beca Lewis January 25, 2011

We mill around waiting for it to begin, strangers except to say “hello” in this room. The teacher enters, turns down the lights, starts the music, and we are no longer strangers – we are one.

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Fire And Flow

by Beca Lewis November 24, 2009

During one of our early morning talks in the dark, Del with his coffee and me with my honey and vinegar, we sat watching the fire in our stove. The fire was doing something we had never seen before. It would quiet down so that all that we saw were very hot logs, and then [...]

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