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Waste Not, Want Not

Waste Not, Want Not Waste not, want not was a mantra ever present in my childhood, passed down from grandparents that formed a way of life. How often those words have come to mind as I read the newspaper and watch the daily news. Stories of farmers tilling under mature crops and dumping thousands of…
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First Day of Spring

First Day of Spring On March 21, the first day of meteorological spring, my husband and I got in our car for a change of scenery and went hiking at a nature preserve.  The emerging sun made us feel hopeful for an early spring.  As we walked and noticed the dead grass, leafless trees and…
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Spilling Water Meditation

Spilling Water Meditation When our water here becomes saturated with pollution, it gets led back to the original water, the ocean.   ~Rumi [audio mp3="https://www.benedictinecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spilling-water-meditation.mp3"][/audio] . . . practicing a less anxious presence, from the sights and sounds of a water glass tipping to experiencing connection with a much wider world . . . Like…
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