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Dream Boldly
“Why are you scared to dream of god when it’s salvation that you want?” — Conor Oberst (American singer and song writer) I’ve been thinking a lot this week about fear and what it does to people. Fear...
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Don’t Worry…Be Grateful!
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look...
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Embracing Mystery
To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. - William Blake I enjoy spending time around children because they...
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Seeing Sunflowers
The question is not what you look at, but what you see. — Henry David Thoreau It is August, 2006. Dianne and I are taking our two middle-school-age children to summer camp. Dianne is making good time...
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Grab a Good Book…and then share it!
“The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.”...
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Consuming Mindfully
It may seem to be a simple purchase–a cheap pair of jeans, an exotic or out-of-season fruit–but how many consumers really take the time to consider the far-reaching effects of a purchase? All “stuff”...
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Thankful for Failure
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of...
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Faith in One Another
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. – Mahatma Gandhi Have you ever heard someone say something like,...
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Dream
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated...
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Laugh! It’s Good for You.
Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. ~Henry Ward Beecher (Note: This is the second installment in a series about how to really live life and live it well.) Want to really live...
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