MAUDE: Phil and I were sharing our reactions to an event in the neighborhood that we have both experienced. We wound up discussing differences and how we handle and react to them. It seems both of us have developed ways …
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PHIL: In any relationship, there are expectations. I expect a sense of fairness, a recognition that there are two people involved. Early on, Maude and I spent several days exploring what our wedding vows would be and coming to agreement. …
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MAUDE: Last night Phil and I were sitting together, and we started talking about how each of us was feeling. The conversation wasn’t about anything big or life-changing. It turned out that neither of us was feeling really right, but …
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Phil and I were talking about how to get some balance between the daily barrage of distressing information and the peaceful interactions and way of responding to our daily lives that we practice. And as strange as it may seem, …
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MAUDE: The word respect has been resounding in my head at various points during this week. It’s one of those juicy words that we all attach different meanings to. Yet, it is also a very basic element of peace within …
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PHIL: When you’re making plans or looking for solutions, how do you come to agreement? You need to find something that works for you and works for the other person, too, or maybe even people, because this is something that …
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MAUDE: Phil and I just got back from a little overnight celebration of our first meeting. We took some time to just be with each other, share our love of nature, and concentrate on each other. Mainly, we were just …
Hi, Phil and Maude here. We sit down each week and talk about how we are, or how our week has been and how we navigated it, and out of that comes a post. We look for a particular angle …
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PHIL: What we are trying to do in these posts is to describe how we are in as much detail as possible so that you, dear readers, can share our experience of living in peace. We have said before that …
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Hi everyone. Here is a little extra for you on Valentine’s Day. To all those who allow me to love them, to all those who love me To all those who have allowed me to love them, to all those …