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M.J. Ryan

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Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving! Trouble is, when it comes to thanks, too many of us set aside only one day of the year. How about feeling and expressing gratitude on the other 364 days? “Attitudes of Gratitude” by M.J. Ryan explores the whole sense of being grateful from several angles. It begins with this poem by Lao […]

Saying Thank You

“The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated.” ~ William James TV commentator Joe Morgan tells the story of the one time he met Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in major-league baseball 62 years years ago today. Morgan, himself an African-American who is in the baseball Hall of Fame, […]