• Are We There Yet?

    Are We There Yet?

    I thought I was done, the manuscript was done–oh, sure it would need a few tweaks maybe some edits after my beta readers read it…and then the LITERAL second I emailed it to them, plot holes and problems popped into my head one after the other. A veritable parade of problems and unfinishment (it’s a…

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  • Life Flow

    We’ve all had a typical work flow at one time or another in our jobs and careers, right? Well, why don’t we have a life flow? I mean, we do flow…r i g h t along with whatever current decides to carry us–we go with the flow. Or in some cases we do not flow,…

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  • Good Grief

    “Oh, good grief!” When I was younger my mom (and Charlie Brown) would say this a lot, it expressed much frustration and possibly the end of any kind of patience. In other words, it was not a good thing to hear these words. Now, I think of those words: “good grief” and have a new…

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  • Talking to Strangers

    Repost from an old blog: 2013 So, it’s hot out. I mean melt the candles, burn the soles of your feet, let’s go to the State Fair hot. We decided to go to the mall instead, you know the one–the big one, the Mall of America. Dang right, ‘Merica’s Mall!   I loathe it. Okay,…

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  • Worthwhile Life

    In order to have a worthwhile life I’m pretty sure you might have to have a belief in your own worth first. And just how does one go about that? Especially if you are like me, and you spent years saying, OUT LOUD, every Sunday, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only…

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  • I have a plethora of written material spread over numerous notebooks (paper and digital). Most of it should not be shared, but I’ve decided that if I see something that might help someone else take a step forward (and at the same time, to remind myself to take that same step) that I’ll share it.…

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  • Happiness Warrior

    Happiness Warrior

    I’m pretty sure when people think of “happy” people they don’t necessarily see them as courageous or strong, and yet, more than likely, they are happy because they understand how not to be crushed under the weight of fear and adversity. I remember being in a management class and we were talking about adversity and how to…

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  • When someone says, “The possibilities are endless,” we often think of this as the most positive thing in the world! But if the possibilities are truly endless, how can we be sure we’re concentrating on the right one? If you fall into this possibilities hole–and I have, many times, got the skinned knees to prove…

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  • LOVE BRAVELY

    I was invited to a Bridal Shower. I had the gifts and the card, all I needed was something other than last years Christmas wrapping aka a gift bag. Have I ever told you how I hate to spend too much on things that might get thrown away? Like 7.99 on a birthday card…I don’t…

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  • I was taking a walk and thinking about all the things I was doing and wondering if I was on the right path, and as I walked I said, “Okay God, show me a sign that I’m on the right path…show me a fox on my walk.” And then I immediately said to myself, you can’t…

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