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Making Me Great Again

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  • Towards “RETURN TO WORK” goal : there have been two moments of REVELATION in my recent journey with GBM (**) in 2023. Oddly, the first was not January 5 : My first brain seizure day, nor January 11 : the brain surgery.No, the first was while SCHEDULING the radiation + chemotherapy treatments on 2/10/23… I

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  • FaceBook Post from Feb 28, 2023 @ 7a Pacfic As month 2 with GBM (my brain cancer) winds down, it is evident my body has recovered from the corticosteroid I was taking… yesterday (including last night) I was asleep about 65% of the day! it’s bittersweet, though, since the 5-hour nights also came with anti-inflammatory

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  • This Morning

    I woke up this moirning On a greyhound buzz I’m leaving the south side Chicago I’ve had enough – B7 (And I don’t) know where I’m goin’ (just) <ditchin this woman?> Someplace else Sit by a fire pit smokin’ (and) Be by myself – A And I maybe homeless (But I’ve got) this here guitar

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  • I use my iPhone for maybe 100 or minutes daily. I am very grateful for all the other people who put time into making this a fun, useful, and quite amazing tool.

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  • Gratitude exercise 

    I am grateful that I have a Keurig coffee maker at my workplace I am grateful that my wife makes dinner daily and then does the kitchen clean-up too! I am grateful for the bad mood I had today. It helped me practice grace. I am grateful for the spa which helped me forget the

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  • October 19, 2015

    Three things I am grateful for today: (1) The traffic jam on the way to Song Salon practice … it allowed me to practice my patience, serenity,and cursive jandwritong by doing a lengthy entry in the journal I keep in my backpack (but infrequently use) (2) having an employer with flexible work hours… if I

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  • Create the space for grace.

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  • Consistency

    My challenge, still , after these many days…(of this blog) After these many years (of this life)

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  • Writing

    Even blog posting may not be my discipline of choice-it’s tough work, even for an art form

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  • Leaving the train

    Memory fadingOf beauty so clear Once elating my vision  Yet fleeting  Fading as she’s walking  Out of my life into hers  Fated to be fleeting Xxxx moment of silence for the next few 

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  • Pressure

    Pressure in the head.. Resulting in pain Pressure in the life…Resulting in change Pressure in the soul?

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  • intention , purpose , focus

    Funny how principles and processes fall down in the face of illness. Biology has an impressive way of exerting its will upon us, the slaves of the body. Spirituality? Can it really be important in the midst of four day sick.

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