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What’s in your decision?

I have a decision to make; an expensive decision. Maybe you’ve been there. Maybe you’re in the middle of one now. Every night, I read myself to sleep. I think it’s a latent childhood routine that’s...

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Construction …. The End

I am now officially weary of our construction project. Superman has nothing on me because I’ve become an expert at jumping over hurdles with a single bound. Have you ever felt like this? Running behind...

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Escape Anxiety – Let it fail

Let it fail! Normally that’s the sound of giving up. Right?  Just lay down your tools and leave. Give up. Stop trying. Walk away. I urge you to stick with me on this one. Sometimes the path we are on...

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The Ingredients of Fine Teams

Teamwork is how things get done. When the team works well together, has well- defined common goals where everyone contributes and communication is both expansive and on cue, there will be successes....

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ThanksListed

Recently, a friend posted an idea on Facebook that suggested starting a Joy Jar or call it a Blessings Jar or maybe repurpose a Thankful List to become a Thankful Jar.  I decided to translate my daily...

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Escape Anxiety – Let it fail

Let it fail! Normally that’s the sound of giving up. Right?  Just lay down your tools and leave. Give up. Stop trying. Walk away. I urge you to stick with me on this one. Sometimes the path we are on...

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Curbside CleanUp

I live I a small community that still provides a service to help citizens clean up their yards and rid their garages, attics and corners of accumulated treasures that once were. Two days out of each...

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What Not To Wear

It’s Monday everyone!  I had to laugh when reading the side of a coffee mug that said “I’m allergic to Mondays.” The first thought in my mind? You guessed it.  “Doesn’t that just mean your Tuesday is...

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This Is Where I Leave You

Yesterday I noticed a commercial on TV for a new movie. My breath caught when I heard the title, This Is Where I Leave You. How often over the past few weeks have I thought about the void of an empty...

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Do you practice what you read?

About forty years ago a friend and I were engrossed in conversation and the topic of books came up. Being a voracious reader, I started rattling off all the books I’d been reading and all the ones...

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The showdown between problems and opportunities

How do you feel about change? Excited? Frightened? Neutral?   How do you feel about new opportunities? Ah, that changes things, doesn’t it? We like change as long as we get to be the change agent, but...

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I’m glad God doesn’t have mood swings

Before you read let me say I hope what your read here today is not at all like what you experienced yesterday or will experience today. Instead I hope your day is peaceful and that every conversation...

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Where can we find peace?

I’ve been thinking about inner peace lately and decided to repost this.  It’s been 3 years since I wrote it – – – still true.  I think my thoughts started when reading Job 22.  Here’s the Message...

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Doubt

When I was a little kid, I hated to hear my mom say “I doubt it”. That always meant I wasn’t going to get something I wanted.  As I contemplated the passing week, I realized, I’m still not a fan of...

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What do you THINK?

When I was around the age of 14 I lived in a very small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was the typical village where, even though you know people cared about you, gossip was pervasive....

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What’s your product?

What’s your product? Maybe it’s because I have been a writer by some vague definition for so many years, or maybe it’s because I’m a self-diagnosed information junkie, but no matter the reason – my...

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The Ultimate Joy Ride

Last night, just as I was closing down my day, something flashed across the screen of my phone.  Huh. That was strange, so I took a second look. Somehow, I inadvertently launched email and this is what...

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About that attitude . . .

Have you ever been through a major life change? Well – maybe not even major, but some change that prompt friends to ask, “How did it go?” I’ve been asked that by many of my friends. When a major change...

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Curbside CleanUp – Pathway to purpose

I live I a small community that still provides a service to help citizens clean up their yards and rid their garages, attics and corners of accumulated treasures that once were. Two days out of each...

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Construction …. The End

I am now officially weary of our construction project. Superman has nothing on me because I’ve become an expert at jumping over hurdles with a single bound. Have you ever felt like this? Running behind...

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