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Beginner's Heart
poetry, politics, and beginner’s heart
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Britton Gildersleeve
If changing the world is your fight, it will exhaust you. But if it’s just your way of being, it will be effortless! So promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate. ~ Buddhist Boot Camp This is going to be my New Year’s resolution #1. Stop going off on things. Because I…
Remembering Nelson Mandela, and his shifting place in American history
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Britton Gildersleeve
The world will miss Nelson Mandela. A man who saw that forgiveness was as large a part of revolution as upheaveal. A man who brought good to a nation riven by wrong. A man who was not afraid to love his enemy, and to do good to those who hated him. I doubt if many…
family, socialism, and Thanksgiving conversations
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Britton Gildersleeve
Thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK! And we’ll be having a LOT of family over for the big celebratory feast. As I’m sure many of you will. And if you’re like our family, not everyone is … well, in accord on lots of things. For instance, several of my family disagree on most things currently dividing America:…
the proper study of human beings…
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Britton Gildersleeve
I’m going to Birmingham tomorrow! And my posts — if I break free to make them 🙂 — will be from there for the next few days. I have the IMMENSE good fortune to be part of the Oklahoma delegation to the National Humanities Conference this year. How cool is THAT? And to be going…
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