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Why is there such a preoccupation of the afterlife and yet so little thought regarding pre life - about what exists before we are born? And what about those yet to come, those not yet born? If we believe that our souls are immortal then we must believe that our souls existed before we were born. Yet no major religion really addresses this issue. Of course, if you don't believe in the...

ending expectance beginning the big journey child to enter life 17 October 2011 Eline Melissa was born, this picture of me and her was taken a day later. She is a very beautiful girl! :)

I'm not an avid user of Facebook but I do have both a personal account and a "john latenightmusings" account there. Because my use is occasional I'm not an expert when it comes to the various features the site has, and I don't have much interest in most of them. However, one of the features I enjoy is the alerts for friends' birthdays. Assuming the friend has entered their birth date, Facebook...

“Peace is a state of balance and understanding in yourself and between others, where respect is gained by the acceptance of differences, tolerance persists, conflicts are resolved through dialog, people’s rights are respected and their voices are heard, and everyone is at their highest point of serenity without social tension.” (wikip) “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it...

It started with a phone call from my son, asking about the birth date of my dad, his grandfather. That was easy, but then he asked what was the birth date of my grandfather (my namesake), his great-grandfather. That had me stumped. The only dates I had on him was that he was born in 1881 in Italy (Sicily to be exact) and died in 1934 in Pennsylvania. The person who would have known more...