My 30th high school reunion is coming up. As I was perusing the old yearbook, I started to think about a yearbook on a “grander” scale. If I were to have a personal “Lifebook,” who would be the “Senior Standouts” in my life? Just as every high school yearbook has a “Mosts” section-Most Likely to…
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“Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it” ― Gautama Buddha This week, the CEO of the company for which I work sent out his weekly email with a task for the employees: Rediscover your why. The idea being, if you know your “why,” or your…
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I have lived for 1 year, 3 months and 3 days mourning a friendship that never existed. I started this blog as a catharsis-trying to get past a very difficult moment in my life. I thought the story about that period of my life had ended, but I was wrong. One of the people who…
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If you have been following my blog, you know that my son was accepted into the University of Wyoming. It took him three years of junior college, but he made it. What was the impetus for him to finally apply to a four-year college? A spark. He realized that, by combining his passion for history…
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What is impossible for you to achieve? What do you want so badly, but know that it could never happen? Is it the ability to travel? To lose weight? To get that promotion? Unless you have physical limitations or the science/technology has not yet been developed, you can do anything. There are only three things…
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“It’s like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have lotus flowers. Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.” – Thich Nhat Hanh How many times have you heard a cancer survivor say…
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The last part to my story….closing the door. “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.”-Oprah Winfrey I end the story that I began on this blog two months ago with this quote from Oprah Winfrey because I truly…
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There’s that saying that we have all heard: “Money can’t buy happiness”, but what if it could? Why is it, when we buy something material, we feel a short wave of excitement or “happiness”, but then it is gone almost as fast as you can say, “I’ll take them in a size 8?” I struggle…
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Part 5 of my story This next part of my story is the toughest for me as I am still struggling with it. It was also the darkest part of what happened last winter. As you know from my prior posts, I came home to great loss. I had lost my father-in-law, who I loved…
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” -Gandhi I am so grateful for the kindness of people who were there for me during my darkest times. Maybe I would not have even noticed a person’s kindness towards me before, but when everything in your life feels awful,…
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