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First, I’d like to say I hope our host for 7 Quick Takes,
Jennifer Fulwiler, has a very speedy recovery from suffering several pulmonary
embolism and to ask everyone to keep her in their prayers. I had just one of those things when I broke
my shoulder a few years ago and, believe me, it’s no fun at all. I can’t imagine having several of them.
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It was an eventful year for both of us here in Colorado, and
2013 promises to be just as eventful in its own way. Many changes ahead for us, most of which I’m
eagerly anticipating. As I’ve grown
older, I’ve found it all too easy to fear change, or to regret it many years
after it happened. It’s too easy to
regret that which no longer is and neglect the real good all around me, it’s a
danger of ingratitude and I hope to avoid it like the plague in the coming
year. It’s time, as Paul said, to leave
the past behind and run the race, whatever remains to me, that lies ahead.
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Speaking of the New Year, I’ve made a few resolutions for
2013, not many, but they’re ones I hope to follow through on. I’ve got to spend much more time getting some
exercise; that’s still a little difficult because of the shoulder replacement
last June, but still a necessity. And if
there’s such a thing as improving physical fitness, there must also be such a
thing as improving spiritual fitness.
Therefore, I resolve to spend more time in prayer this year, and at
least one monastic retreat to be made.
That last bit needs to be quantified a bit and I’m working on that.
I got one this week.
You know the Starbuck’s cup with the “Come Together” slogan written on
it. One wonders, does everything have to be about
politics? What about principles rather than ideologies?
What about the permanent things? I’m no longer sure they can be addressed in
our soured political process.
Thankfully, at the last minute the Congress was able to get something
through that no one seems happy with.
Maybe that’s a good thing.
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Fr. Don, the pastor of our parish has been ill the last few
months and I’d like to ask anyone who reads this to say a few prayers for his
speedy recovery as we start the New Year.
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There was some excitement this week, early New Year’s
morning as a matter of fact. We woke up
and one of our cats, Sarah, was sort of coughing and pawing at her mouth. We thought she’d swallowed something and was
choking, so we packed her up and headed off to the animal emergency clinic to
get her fixed. Needless to say, there
was no one there, so we rang the bell and were promptly admitted. The vet checked her and noticed a tooth was
loose. She gave us some anti-biotics
and, of all things, methadone, for the pain and told us to get her into our
regular vet the next day. Well, the long
and the short of it is that she’d already lost one tooth and had to have 5
others that were loose removed. She’s
been a sick kitty for most of the week, but is feeling better now, I
think. Not the way I’d planned to start
the year.
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I’ve said enough.
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