Category: Self Improvement
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Enough Already!
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve had enough. I have enough. Can we please just stop already? We went to a new church last weekend, and as first timers, Randy and I were EACH given a welcome bag that included a beautiful large ceramic coffee mug and a couple of pens with the literature that told us… Read more
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Uniquely Portable Magic
Reading Time: 4 minutesI love books. I love reading. I read for pleasure, to gain knowledge, to learn history, for other perspectives, to increase my imagination, to help prevent cognitive decline. Reading has significantly expanded my vocabulary and improved my writing skill. Reading has enriched my life and taken me, physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally,… Read more
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Laugh! It’s great for the soul.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI used to google “belly laugh comedies” and hope we found a funny movie to watch that wasn’t too stupid, too profane and/or too violent for our taste. It rarely worked out. This week I stumbled on a YouTube channel called Drybar Comedy. Though I’ve only watched 4 of the hundreds… Read more
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Friendship is an Action Word
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’m just full of old, tried (or maybe tired) and true sayings today. In addition to “Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold” there’s “No man (woman) is an island.” And the great 60s classic….”I get by with a little help from my friends.” And… Read more
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The Cure for Anything
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy youngest sister Lisa is visiting. She lives in Naples and because she blazed the way moving to Florida 3 years ago, we now live here too. She was in Wisconsin and other parts north when we were earlier this month. We agreed, coming back to Florida after a mainly cool,… Read more
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Marriage Musings
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe made the road trip to Wisconsin, as I mentioned, to attend two family weddings. The first one is now behind us. It was a beautiful, contemporary event. The groom is a favorite nephew of ours, extraordinarily intelligent, a caring, witty fellow who’s got his head screwed on as straight as any… Read more
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There IS a Secret to Happiness
Reading Time: 4 minutesI am a voracious and exceedingly varied reader. Some of the things I read are pretty heavy, and I can only comprehend what I’m reading in small doses. One book I recently finished, The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle, was one of THOSE books. The book is subtitled, A Guide to… Read more
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Ya Gotta Have a Purpose
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs much as I’d love to be able to lay on the beach every day, that’s not practical when designing life after retirement. I’ve always wanted to write. Not fiction. I’m not very good at making up stories. But it seems I have a bit of talent for telling real stories, in… Read more