Category Archives: Passion

Thought for the Week: Follow Your Light

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Kathy Ruff
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You can’t share what you don’t have

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Kathy Ruff

Happy New Year – 2022! As a New Year unfolds, I realize (again) an inner desire to share. I also realize if I want to share love, joy, peace, happiness and contentedness, I have to have and BE all of … Continue reading →

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Raise Your Self…Forgive Yourself

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

Awakened by Abby scratching on the bed, my frustration grew when Tom bent over to try to entice her to jump up and he took all the covers with him.  I pulled the covers strongly back over me and hoped … Continue reading →

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Enjoy the gift of spring

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

     The snow’s melted, mud’s (relatively) dried, temps are warm (45 degrees this morning!) and daylight comes earlier…all factors that led me to come out from hibernation and go for my first bike ride in spring 2021. I only … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t it be nice?

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

Wouldn’t it be nice if… …we could enjoy what brings a smile to our hearts everyday? …we could hear what others really mean between the words of what they actually say? …we accepted others (especially our significant others) for who … Continue reading →

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Accepting Certainty of Uncertainty

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

     The 1960’s TV sitcom Gilligan’s Island popped into my head today as I’m reading an article in the Jan/Feb edition of The Holy Encounter, a bi-monthly publication put out by the Miracle Distribution Center. The fictional crew and passengers … Continue reading →

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Who says you can’t teach an old dog??

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Kathy Ruff

To me, the old adage, ‘You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,’ strikes up the concept of a willingness to learn.  By the time a dog ages, his/her willingness to learn something new wanes. The learning gathered over the … Continue reading →

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The Simple Joys

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Kathy Ruff

Christmas Day 2020 brings cheer to those with ‘kids.’  Though I have no children, I received extreme joy from watching Abby play with her new toy. Slobbering on the floor, Abby rolled back and forth ecstatic with her toy, making … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to live simply?

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Kathy Ruff

What does it mean to ‘live simply’?  Strange enough, I think we know what it DOESN’T mean more than we do what it does mean. For me, it doesn’t mean going shopping for things I don’t really need.  It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Birds and Blooms

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Kathy Ruff

    For the past week, spring has shown signs of turning into summer.  I can see it through the geese and goslings in my yard.  These little ones are losing their yellow tint and beginning to get longer necks, a tell-tale sign … Continue reading →

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