I Look Across

November 23, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Thanksgiving, which was celebrated yesterday, November 22^nd.

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A Thanksgiving poem about the beauty of a mountain view:

I look across

The palm of God's great hand

And see the peace

That underlies my pain.

No tragic loss

Or grief can be so grand.

Through life's short lease

Such sights our hearts sustain.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Thanksgiving

11/19: Tell Me, Please, Whom I Ought to Thank

11/20: The Point Is What You Have, Not What You Don’t

11/21: There Is No Joy That Does Not Sing of Longing

11/22: Time Is a Gift, like Food or Love or Death

11/23: I Look Across