Category: Self Improvement
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Genius!?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been wracking my brain this week for inspiration for this post. No luck. I got up from my desk and told Randy I had absolutely no inspiration for Friday’s post. Before I even got to the office door the word “inspiration” triggered a memory of a quote from Thomas Edison… Read more
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You Don’t Say…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne more thing about listening. Peter Drucker (a prominent management consultant and author) once said, “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” The point he was making is that listening involves more than just hearing. Often people omit things that are difficult to say or they don’t… Read more
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Listen!
Reading Time: 4 minutesI wrote a short (1 minute read) post last Friday with a graphic that said (basically)….Listen and Silent contain the same letters…..coincidence? I’ve been thinking about listening a lot this week. Someone once told me that God gave us one mouth, but two ears. Another coincidence? Have you ever met a (rare)… Read more
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The Magic of Quiet
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe live in a very noisy world, both literally and figuratively. It can make us feel overwhelmed, exhausted by the clatter and activity around us. Lots of people think they can’t live without “noise” around them. But silence can be golden. Consider this: you can’t really hear yourself think without silence.… Read more
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What Will People Say?
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn your 80th birthday, what do you want people to say about you? And how is that different than what they will say about you? A friend and I are currently having a kind of deep, on-going, existential discussion. She and I are grappling with some of the same issues. In retirement… Read more
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Time to Come Clean
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is not the place to get into all the deep, dark psychology involved, but what I want to know is why in the world do we tell ourselves all kinds of lies. We all do it. Sometimes we’re actually dumb enough to believe our own lies. Most of the time… Read more
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Want to Change Something?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been pondering lately what to do with the rest of my life. I want (and need) to get off my butt and find something more purposeful than what I’m doing to simply pass time. If a woman I’d been mentoring back in my Woman 2 Woman ministry days came to… Read more
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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