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Collecting Notable Quotes My mom collected articles. She’d clip them out newspapers, magazines and local publications. Then she’d write one of her offspring’s names with a black sharpie at the top of the page. If we still lived at home, she’d leave it on our dresser. If we’d already flown the coop, she’d  stuff the…

Wanting to be Courageous Do you remember that last time you felt afraid? I remember the last time I felt afraid.  On a recent hike in Arches National Park I felt the queasiness in the pit of my stomach, the doubts that pranced around in my head and the physical instability that accompanies fear.  Fear.…

Do Over There are times in our lives when we get a do over. When the dice hits the floor instead of the board, we get a do over. When the yeast doesn’t “proof” we pour it down the drain and start again. Learning flip turns, I got a do over every time I came…

Wanting Contentment As long as we are alive, we will wrestle with restlessness, imperfection, and feeling ill at ease. We know life is not perfect, but we still strive for the illusion of perfection, but striving toward the illusion of perfection only produces discontentment.  Being perfectly happy right now with where we are begins with…