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Please take the time to read and enjoy my poetry! It is my ongoing project and I am looking forward to translating my poems into Turkish, Portuguese, and French. JFB
Biz yıldız tozundan yapıldık. We are made of stardust.
My friend said that we are made of stardust. Physics says this is true, as all the elements in our bodies came from stars and may have...
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
Spring's New Life! Watch the buds!
Good morning and please stop your other busy activities and enjoy the pleasure of spring, and the festivals of joy. I cannot be sad when...
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Apr 8, 20231 min read
The Path is Long and Lonely. Where does it go?
Lately I have had several young friends talk to me about their path and I heard a calling to be there. This is dedicated to them. Young...
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Apr 1, 20231 min read
Each Human Soul is God's Flower
I write this and think of flowers in my life. Each human soul is God’s flower. Now, not every flower looks the same, Smells the same, or...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Listening is a gift for two and nine more things I have learned.
Getting old is actually fun sometimes, because you "get" things that you may not have quite grasped earlier in your life. I posted 10...
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Mar 23, 20233 min read
Spring Rain
The sky is a spring rain sky, a particular shade of whitish gray, and a light rain is falling. Gentle and steady, making only the...
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Mar 21, 20231 min read
Gratitude: A Meditation on a Milestone
March 19 is a special day for me—a second birthday. For on March 19, 2012, I broke my spine after a fall, lost the use of my legs, and...
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Mar 15, 20232 min read
A Lesson From My Orange Tree
A Lesson from My Orange Tree There an orange tree in my yard that has been there for many years. Most years it produces more fruit that...
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Mar 13, 20231 min read
Ten Important Things I have Learned: Love is Stronger than Death and Nine Others.
I am about to turn 67 and I have actually had people ask me what important things I have learned. This carries the presumption that...
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Mar 11, 20233 min read
Thinking of my Dad and the Trisagion: Love is Stronger than Death.
My family was Catholic, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Pentecostal, and Orthodox (sort of). We would never miss Jesus on a technicality. When my...
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Mar 10, 20231 min read
Choices Make Us "Us"
This piece was inspired by my friend Dean Fischer, who was ice fishing and noticed how peaceful and quiet it was on the frozen lake. It...
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Mar 10, 20232 min read
The Human Spirit is Like the Moon
I was reading "Full Moon" by the great Chinese poet of the Tang period, Du Fu, and it led me to the following meditation. The human...
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Mar 8, 20231 min read
Make Kindness Your Default Setting: Let's Try This and See if it Works.
Be kind for no apparent reason. You could be kind because it feels good to you. Or you could be kind because if you are, you may get...
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Forgiveness Contains "Give"
Forgiveness has the word “give” in it. But who “gives” to whom? After all, the object of forgiveness is given tp someone who has taken...
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Mar 4, 20231 min read
Human Champagne
So many times The angry, the rude, the insolent, and the violent Are not what they appear. The external is not a picture of their...
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Mar 3, 20231 min read
J.F. Bierlein Podcast with Joel Blackstock
My friend Joel Blackstock is a psychotherapist in Birmingham, Alabama. We had a most enjoyable conversation about mythology, philosophy,...
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Feb 28, 20231 min read
Teacher Zhuangzi's Dream: And Who Am I?:
Teacher Zhuangzi had a dream, Wherein he was a butterfly. Totally free and happy and unaware of being Zhuangzi. It was beautiful! He...
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Feb 27, 20231 min read
The Constancy of Change
The constancy of change They say that you cannot step in the same river twice, Because the river is always flowing, Flowing right past...
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Feb 25, 20231 min read
Beautify Your Day: Instrumental Version of Edvard Grieg's "Solveig's Song" from Per Gynt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQnGrpGfTWc&t=8s
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Feb 24, 20231 min read
Unselfing
Prologue: Bertrand Russell used the term “unselfing:” to describe the practice of going outside of yourself, your needs, and your present...
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Feb 23, 20231 min read
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