Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2023 · 10 Comments
Do not ask me what I have seen,
For I have seen it all…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 10, 2022 · 28 Comments
Do not ask me what I have seen,
For I have seen it all…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 26, 2021 · 15 Comments
And once I am gone,
I will not hear,
All the words that come too late…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 14, 2020 · 15 Comments
If I were to lose my eyes,
And darkness take my light…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 29, 2020 · 16 Comments
The thoughts we think in our own mind,
Be it ill fate or happiness,
The things to which we are resigned.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 15, 2020 · 14 Comments
Though shouted from the source,
The words of love you profess,
Through life’s peaked and valleyed course,
Each echo is heard a little less.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 25, 2020 · 7 Comments
The painter, by God, given the artful eye,
With each graceful flick of the wrist,
Upon blank canvas the scene is set to dry,
So a rare beauty can exist.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 4, 2019 · 3 Comments
I use all these methods and more to review, proof, and edit my content. And, I still make errors. I guess that is inevitable. But recently, while using my word processing program to finish an article, I noticed a function I had never used before.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 23, 2012 · 5 Comments
Recently I posted an article describing how the stillness of meditation had opened my ears to the sounds around us that go largely unnoticed. For me it postulated the idea that hearing and listening are two very different things. We hear many things throughout our busy days, but rarely are we actively listening. This difference … Continue reading →
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
There is a vast difference between hearing and listening. Our conscious world bombards us with a plethora of sounds, from the faint rustling of leaves to the blaring of the horn from the car behind us. And although we hear everything, our vastly capable brain organizes and prioritizes these sounds so our auditory senses do … Continue reading →
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