(I wrote this piece two years ago after the election. I’ve slightly modified it to bring it up to date, but the message remains very much the same today.) My first vote in an election was cast in the McGovern vs. Nixon race in 1972. Focused on my own young…
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“Every journey begins with the first step of articulating the intention, and then becoming the intention.” Bryant McGill, author of Voice of Reason Intention is like going into a grocery store. Every time we step through the door we are greeted with shelves full of opportunity for enhanced health.…
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A year ago May, the opportunity arose for me to step into the shoes of the “mother of the groom”. Up until the day I started shopping, I assumed I was too young to play that role! When I began searching for something suitable to wear, I was stymied. Nothing…
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Have you experienced a trauma in your life? We don’t always see what we’ve experienced as a trauma. Painful, difficult, mind-boggling events happen in our world every day. We are shocked, dismayed, angry, disoriented, confused, and afraid. What happened to the world we once knew we say to ourselves. Innocence is…
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We think we are powerless to effect change, but can we not choose to overwhelm the world with good and create an impact equal to or greater than that created by those who choose to overwhelm it with ill? We all struggle to change the tiniest of habits in our own lives that…
View More Overwhelm the World with Good – Wisdom Wednesday
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” William James We can be fooled by our thoughts. For example, it’s Monday, but it doesn’t feel like Monday. It feels like Tuesday or Wednesday. Due to the inconvenience of a stomach virus, I lost a few…
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