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Making Repairs
“We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing made it worse. We haven’t had any tea for a week… The bottom is out of the Universe.” ― Rudyard Kipling, Two chairs are pulled away from our table because their joints aren’t holding well. My blouse with the pretty stitching on it is sitting […]
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What Comes First?
“If you don’t prioritize your life, someone else will.” ~Greg McKeown Read the quote again. Take it completely to heart as you ask yourself, ‘Who sets the priorities in my life?” If you are 16, your parents are setting most of those priorities, but you can absolutely exercise your right to speak up and […]
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The Risk of Fear
“In time we hate that which we often fear.” ― William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Watching the leaves falling from the trees, I am fascinated with how they change colors at their own pace and fall when their time comes. Eventually, they land on the ground with every other leaf and decompose or get raked into a […]
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Stories that Matter
“When we deny our stories and disengage from tough emotions, they don’t go away; instead, they own us, they define us. Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending—to rise strong…” ~Brene Brown “This is deep,” my friend said and sent a video my way. I watched without sound and […]
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Behaving Badly
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Watching and listening to the tirade of a newsman recently, I felt embarrassed for the normally calm (on camera) man. The leaked clip of his humanness played across the screen for all the internet world to […]
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The Permission Slip
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” ― Marcus Aurelius It will take a few weeks to get the pictures of people lost and wandering in the flooded streets and yards out of my mind. It will take longer for them to get a clear […]
Read MoreHelping and Being Helped
“Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out and help. This week reach to someone that might need a lift.”– Pablo He arrived with nothing. He was helpless. He had no clothes, he had no words to express his needs, all he knew to do was cry. She […]
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Hum a Little Diddy
“Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once.” ― Robert Browning The local university was hosting Freedom Sings, a project of the First Amendment Center. Their description says, “American history meets rock ‘n roll to put together a remarkable story…about how guitars and drums changed the path of history because they were accompanied by […]
Read MoreShow Up for You and for Them
“The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.” ― Brené Brown Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh were climbing in a tree one night, and Christopher Robin said to Pooh, “You’re braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. But the most important […]
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No More Reminders, Please!
A short opinon, NOT MY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: “Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life The obituary sat before me, a man’s face attached staring at me, almost mocking my discomfort. This was the man who, when I was only 18, had forced […]
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Thoughts to Encourage
Nothing helps like a good nap…
Birds are Beautiful
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