Life Sparkles If You Look
John Franklin
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Despite an annoying first impression, the world actually sparkles with beauty- if you carefully look. John Burroughs once noted that, “The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.” But, the world is not just beautiful in some places; nay, its beauty, though often subtle, permeates all nature and circumstance.
Huck Finn, when asked by Ms. Watson, ‘Don’t you want to go to Heaven?’, responded that if it was just all sitting around on a cloud all day, playing a harp, then it sounded pretty dull, and he would just go wherever Tom was going.
It is as difficult to imagine a heaven without humor as it is without beauty. And the longer that I live, I find that humor permeates creation along with beauty.
If there is no humor in heaven, I reckon I'll just go with Tom and Huck.
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S1E6 Road Trip!
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I want to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts...Who knew that giving away hoolahoops could cause such a fuss??? Well, anyone who knows Ace would not be surprised. But, the Earth Day…
S1E3 Ace's Beautiful Rubble
I want to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts... We are all human beings in balance. We tolerate negative aspects of people in balance for a greater part of themselves. What I like…
S1E2 Verily, Careful What You Collect!
I want to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts...Walt Whitman, John Burroughs and John Muir were all good friends and even traveled together. One common element they all shared (besides…
S1E1 Jury Duty
I want to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts...I recently had jury duty, and it was harder to get out of than I figured. And, my faith in American justice has been shaken. These…
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Life Sparkles If You Look has published 6 episodes since April 2026, covering topics in Comedy, Philosophy.
Life Sparkles If You Look is currently moderate with new episodes every few days. Average episode length is 8m.
