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Beans and more beans

Beans, Beans and More Beans

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Michael

Happiness is the ultimate wisdom and my goal, whenever I’m with Carly Elizabeth, is to be as wise as possible. My care and affection for Carly is so innocent and reciprocal that I find it unimaginable how anyone could harm, ...

Smiles

Count the Smiles Remember the Laughter

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Michael

If my worth as a father and parent can be measured, let it be by the smiles and laughter Carly Elizabeth, my wife Z and I share together. I happen to be fond of the Buddhist tradition where one, with ...

Marinated minds

Marinated Minds

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Michael

My wife and I went to a meeting for several hours. When we returned we both remarked that Carly Elizabeth had changed and indeed she had. No surprise here. She is changing every moment. We simply aren’t acute enough to ...

Quiet attention

More Precious Than Gold

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Michael

What is more precious than gold, diamonds and platinum? Attention. Attention is finite, like grains of sand in the hourglass of our life. In a strange way we become, moment by moment, what we give our attention to and that ...

Tsunami

Like A Tsunami

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Michael

It is an immense honor and privilege to serve as Carly Elizabeth’s guide, to be constantly aware and alert that my behavior with her and with the world is a compass that will light or darken her way for a ...

Radient attention

Radiant Attention

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Michael

The shared attention between parents and children, between all of us really, I maintain, is telepathic. Recall Rupert Sheldrake’s studies on feeling watched and with animals. The question, of course, is the degree that we are sensitive and attentive to ...