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The Wheel of Control

The Wheel of Control

| February 1, 2016 | 4 Comments

News flash to self: I am not at the wheel of control.
Age has provided me the perspective to say that sentence with conviction and carefree joy.

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Filling Our Cup

Filling Our Cup

| December 11, 2014 | 12 Comments

Simply by being alive, most of us live in service to those around us. And as we give of ourselves, we have to remember to fill our cups back up so we don’t run dry.

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Do What You Love

Do What You Love

| June 11, 2014 | 3 Comments

With age is supposed to come wisdom. Well, I’m racking up those age points, but the wisdom part seems to barely be keeping up.

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What Am I Waiting For?

What Am I Waiting For?

| January 15, 2014 | 1 Comment

I seem to be in a perpetual street fight with uncertainty. The idea of moving forward, taking a chance and risking a dream without knowing the outcome basically feels like torture. So I instinctively set up roadblocks—which I convince myself are goals—and tell myself I’ll go for my dream when I’ve crossed that distant line.

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Fireflies and the End of Summer

Fireflies and the End of Summer

| August 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

The firefly has an adult lifespan of 21 days, and their lighting display is their gift; three weeks to shine and leave their mark on the world.

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Just Enough

Just Enough

| April 2, 2013 | 0 Comments

I’ve finally found the difference between what I want and what I need. And that is Just Enough.

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Door Number Three

Door Number Three

| January 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

When I was I kid, one of my favorite game shows was Let’s Make A Deal. On it the high-stakes host, Monty Hall, would choose members of the zanily dressed studio audience to make deals. Some were smaller offers, where an audience member could choose between little mystery boxes on a tray that Jay—Monty’s sidekick—brought out. […]

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Thoughts on the First Thanksgiving

Thoughts on the First Thanksgiving

| November 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

As I’m knee-deep in the frantic (and seemingly futile) house cleaning before family and friends come together for Thanksgiving—and rehearsing lines to best dodge the post-election landmines of differing worldviews and opinions, all teetering together at a dinner table—I started thinking about this country’s first cooperative effort that was successful and pure: the one between […]

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