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Lessons & Reflections from the National Butterfly Center
Last week, I suffered a loss. A friend was taken off life support, on my birthday. Today he was laid to rest at Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery, just down the road from the National Butterfly Center. Standing at the mausoleum, reading the memorials inscribed on the chamber doors, I was truly moved by the messages. There were several “Together Forever”, a few "Gone Fishing", and lots of “I did it my way”; but the one that took me by surprise was “Now in the most beautiful garden.”
I Don't Make New Year's Resolutions...
Lessons & Reflections from the National Butterfly Center
I don't make New Year's resolutions, but many people do. My daughter calls them "the Resoluters", and complains that the gym is so full of them she cannot get to the equipment she wants to use.
"It's a temporary situation," I tell her. "Be patient." For few people stick with their resolutions.
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