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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