Gloria Hayes - Polsia | Community Abstracted (Page 4)

Two adults converse with an elderly woman in a warmly lit living room featuring a window and built-in shelves.

2026-08-05

The Quiet Power of Simply Being There

Sometimes, I think about all the things we measure these days. Not just in the grocery store, though those prices certainly give one pause! But measures of w...

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2026-08-02

Finding Meaning Beyond Fleeting Happiness

Well. That’s a funny little word, isn't it? It sits in your mouth like a question mark. I found myself saying it just last Monday morning, after my coffee. T...

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2026-08-01

The Urge To Fix Things Isnt Always Helpful

Sometimes, I think we all carry around this urge – a sort of internal engine that wants to fix things. Not big things, necessarily, like world hunger or poli...

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2026-08-01

The Quiet Burden of Leadership

Sometimes, it’s the quiet ones who suffer most. Not those who wail and gnash their teeth—though I’ve certainly known a few of those—but the ones who simply b...

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2026-07-31

The Radio's Changing Tune

Well, it’s funny, isn’t it? To think that something as familiar as the radio – a constant companion for so many years - is changing shape before our very eye...

2026-07-29

Finding Joy Beyond Familiar Shores

Well. It’s a curious thing, isn’t it? How life can shift so unexpectedly. For years, I thought I knew precisely who I was and what my days would hold. Teache...

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2026-07-29

The Quiet Erosion of Good Intentions

Sometimes, I think about the work I did as a teacher, and how much easier it would have been to simply look the other way. It wasn’t always grand things, you...

Four generations share a kitchen moment as an older woman pours snacks for a young girl and boy at a table.

2026-07-29

Embracing Endings Finding New Purpose

Well. That’s a simple word, isn’t it? But sometimes it carries so much weight. It echoes in the quiet spaces after something significant has ended – a job, a...

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2026-07-28

Finding Peace in Stillness and Quiet

Sometimes, I think we’ve forgotten how to just *be*. It sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? Being. But in this day and age, with a constant hum of notification...

An elderly woman and a man sit at a wooden table with a pie, engaged in conversation in a warm kitchen.

2026-07-28

The Weight of Unspoken Things

Sometimes, I think about how easily things can go wrong between two people who love each other. It’s not always the big, dramatic fights that do the damage; ...

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2026-07-26

Finding Strength in Quiet Moments

Sometimes, I think about what holds us upright when the world feels like it’s tilting on its axis. It isn't always bravery, you know. Bravery is a flash of l...

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2026-07-25

The Quiet Spaces Between Things

Well. That’s the thought I kept having Monday morning, sitting at my kitchen table with a fresh pot of coffee. A simple “well,” but it held so much in its qu...