Each year, I pick a word for the year to represent what I am challenging myself to focus on. Usually, I spend lots of time contemplating it. It’s got to be good if it’s going to be part of my life for a year! This year, however, it was a “no brainer” when I chose…
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The year is 2020. This is the year that started off with horrific bushfires in Australia that burned over 25 million acres of land, killed 33 people and one billion animals The world was then stunned by the sudden and tragic death of a sports icon and his daughter in a helicopter crash. These events…
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Over the past few weeks, the world has experienced a health crisis the size of which we have not seen in over 100 years. The entire world is experiencing shared anxiety. We have realized how vulnerable we are as we are being forced to face our own mortality. Our current situation, as well as our…
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It’s time for the annual “pick your word” for the year post. The idea behind this being if you pick a word, and focus on it for the year, it will elicit positive change. Last year, my word was “gratitude.” I did pretty darned good. Each day, I wrote down what I was grateful for,…
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“Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.” – Criss Jami The subject of my last post was about how we spend our time. Now I want to tackle something just as, if not more, important for our mental health-with whom we spend our time. How much is spent with people who don’t share our values? How…
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At the time of my last post, I was facing my 30th high school reunion and challenged readers to identify the “Senior Standouts” in their lives: The people who made us who we are today because they showed up for us in a positive way. My reunion was last weekend and it made me think…
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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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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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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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