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2016, The Year We Became Better!
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ― Ernest Hemingway Everywhere we turn, there seems to be a demand that we be better than everyone else. If you want a promotion, be better than your co-workers, if you want first chair in the […]
Read MoreHave We Found Freedom?
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. ~Pearl S. Buck If you’ve walked everywhere all your life, you can’t appreciate the longing a person in a wheelchair must have to share in your freedom. If you’ve been able to […]
Read MoreIt Takes Patience and Wisdom Not to Break that Zipper
“I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.” ~Tommy Lasorda It was just a thread, just a tiny thread, and I really couldn’t see why it was posing such a problem. Patience […]
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Finding Freedom in Your Choices
“Alice came to a fork in the road. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ responded the Cheshire Cat. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. Then,’ said the Cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Choosing roads has not come without pain for me. When I was […]
Read MoreCooking with Attitude
“Proper attitudes are as important as the quality of food and cooking techniques.” Healing with Whole Foods It’s been more than six years since I made major changes in my eating choices. Each year since those initial changes of dropping sugar and flour from my diet, I have made adjustments at meal and snacktime, […]
Read MoreSharing it All
“When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains … the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. ” ~Clarence Darrow Recently, as I was going through the news feed on one of my social media pages, I came across a Facebook friend who is […]
Read MoreFinding Freedom
“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation Two women sat watching their sons […]
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Thoughts to Encourage
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