Dec 14, 2021

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Do You Know Where the Gift of Life and Transcendence Can Be Found?

Most of your joy and happiness is hiding in the small things

Various landscape paintings by John P. Weiss

The chilly autumn air licked at the nape of my neck, but I barely noticed. I was blissfully lost in the moment.

Standing in the grandeur of that Idaho field, with giant Cottonwoods swaying in the cold breeze, I was at one with…

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Do You Know Where the Gift of Life and Transcendence Can Be Found?

Most of your joy and happiness is hiding in the small things

More from John P. Weiss

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Respect or Regard

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