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	<title>Spiritual Things Matter</title>
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	<description>"He who learns must suffer.  And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the   heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." ~Aeschylus, Agamemnon</description>
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		<title>America, My New Home</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/07/03/america-my-new-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe in America because we have great dreams and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.  ~Wendell L. Wilkie
In 1976, during the warm summer month of August, my father, an American, found me in an orphanage and flew to Germany to bring me back to the United States. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Perfect Day</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/28/a-perfect-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/28/a-perfect-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.  ~The Buddha 
Yesterday, I had one of those perfect days where all seemed right and well with the world.  One of those days, where despite of all the troubling happenings one hears and reads on the news programs, blogs, and television, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House by the Side of the Road</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/23/house-by-the-side-of-the-road/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/23/house-by-the-side-of-the-road/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Samual Walter Foss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jimmy, one of my dear readers sent me this beautiful poem today.    I would like to share it with you since it is filled with so much meaning.  Thank you, Jimmy!
House by the Side of the Road
&#160;
THERE are hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the place of their self-content;
There are souls like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does It Serve Us Well?</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/20/does-it-serve-us-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/20/does-it-serve-us-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ideals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surrendering]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Self-Acceptance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Self-love]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.  ~Charles Langbridge Morgan
From early on, we have certain ideals about the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Death</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/19/embracing-death-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/19/embracing-death-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sadness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh death, suddenly you come - but we fear you not.
You teach us awareness, each and every time.
You teach us humility and gratefulness.
Your presence brings new resolve into our lives -
to be kinder to all who have been entrusted to us.
To love even more deeply those who need us -
as well as those who want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Brave Soul</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/18/dear-brave-soul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/18/dear-brave-soul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Austria]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day 2008; Elisabeth Fritzl]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May the sun shine tenderly on you.
May her warmth bring healing comfort to your broken heart.
May the wind whisper his eternal truths into your ears -
May you sense his abiding strength as well as his tender mercies.
May the rain fall extra gently upon your brow.
And may each tender droplet bring new rhythm to your thoughts.
May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Dream For A Father</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/11/a-dream-of-a-father/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/11/a-dream-of-a-father/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Happy Father's Day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Father]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Childhood Dreams]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Teachable Moments]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Thoughtfulness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Father's Day]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orphanage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.  ~Confucius
I grew up in an orphanage and those childhood years afforded me many opportunities to imagine how it would have felt to have been a part of a more traditional type of family.  Since Father&#8217;s Day is just around the corner, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pain And Suffering</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/04/pain-and-suffering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/06/04/pain-and-suffering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lonliness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[M. Scott Peck]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Loss]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Kahlil Gibran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer. ~Albert Camus
Due to the recent loss in our family, I have contemplated once more the meaning of pain and suffering that we as humans so often experience.  No one wants to suffer and none of us want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speak To Us Of Love</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/29/speak-to-us-of-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/29/speak-to-us-of-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Prophet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Speak To Us Of Love]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am a great admirer of Kahlil Gibran&#8217;s work.  The wisdom and the depth in his writing is profound, beautiful, and moving.  One of my all time favorite is out of his book, &#8220;The Prophet.&#8221;  Today, I would like to share it with my dear readers.    May it speak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing Death</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/16/embracing-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2008/05/16/embracing-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 22:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tears]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Comfort]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sorrow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. ~ John Taylor
Yesterday, we had a death in our family.  It was something that happened so fast that everyone is still in a state of shock and bewilderment.  It is one of those events where [...]]]></description>
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