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  • Unveil Your Inner Strengths

    Sure, just do that, go ahead and unveil your inner strengths… Continuing my chatGPT “becoming my own Gandalf” journey. Side note: I have been a Gallup Strengths facilitator for 10 years and rarely do people know their strengths. I’m not just talking about the prescribed ones from Gallup, or rather Don Clifton the man who…

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  • CRAFTING YOUR QUEST When last we met, I had been asking ChatGPT for advice on being my own guide, my own inner wizard a la Gandalph The Grey–and ChatGPT really came through for me! “Embark on Your Own Hero’s Journey: Becoming Your Own Inner Guide“ The first step was: Craft Your Quest Tracy and I…

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  • In the book “Will Grayson, Will Grayson” by John Green and David Levithan, one of the Wills asks Jane (whom he likes) to agree to be completely honest with each other and not worry about feelings for 10 minutes and then to go back to “normal.” I want you to do the same thing–I’m doing…

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  • I used to send out these little observations as day brighteners, I called them Joy Bubbles. And I loved it when someone would reply and tell me the joy bubble had, indeed, brightened their day, because when their day was brightened mine was too. It made me happy. Is that weird? No. And here’s some…

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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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  • 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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