Tag Archives: sadness

The Inertia of Sadness

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Doc Arnett

In the same way that one simple thing or another can trigger depression, doing one simple thing can be the start to turning things around. Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged BCBS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, depression, feeling better, insurance, Medicare, raking leaves, sadness | 2 Comments

Full House, Full Hearts

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Doc Arnett

It doesn’t take nineteen people to make a good Thanksgiving… but nineteen people in one house can certainly make a memorable Thanksgiving! Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships | Tagged family time, getting together, gratitude, holiday sadness, holidays, joy, reunions, sadness, Thanksgiving | Comments Off

The Sharing of the Centuries

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Doc Arnett

For all of those who have shared, and will continue to share in these expressions of love and mercy, I give thanks. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged comfort, condolences, funeral, Ruby Arnett, sadness, sorrow, sympathy | Comments Off

Moments of Meaning

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Doc Arnett

Moments of joy, moments of pain, moments of great satisfaction. It is their sum that makes our lives and we would not be the same if a single one of them was missing. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged changes, growing up, happiness, life, living, moments, philosophy of life, sadness | Comments Off

A Closer Witness

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Doc Arnett

There is no sense of sky this morning,
just a low-lying grayness that closes in,
shutting off the sense of anything
beyond the near bluffs and hills
just past the creek. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Living, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged beauty, dew on rose, northeast Kansas, optimism, perspective, rain, raindrops on a rose, rainy morning, roses, sadness, seeing what is near | Comments Off

Adjustment

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Doc Arnett

We could hear Tango still whinnying as the truck and trailer disappeared around the curve a quarter-mile away. Continue reading →

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