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Mental Health

Why Bother With Integrity?

I believe we are born to tell the truth and to trust others to tell us the truth. It is only when we experience our first lie; whether in the telling or in the receiving, that the doorway of fabrication opens to us. Then, we discover a whole new world called lying and we may…
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Communication

Why Bother Noticing What We Embody?

I think it has been said before that we are what we think. But, just this morning, I paused, pondered and considered these words and discovered something new.  Regardless if we think that something is true or false, just thinking about it as being true, we act on it. Not until we disprove that thought…
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Communication

Why Bother Critiquing Our Stories?

On a monthly basis, I meet with a group of other writers. We all write different genres; fantasy, historical fiction, cozy mysteries and inspirational. But we have one thing in common. We are writers.  We send our work to each other and then when we meet face to face, we critique. With a manuscript in…
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Relationships

Why Bother Influencing Another?

Whether we are conscious of it or not, we are influencers. Our actions, attitudes and words affect, penetrate and sway the lives of others in small, large, good, or bad ways. Though we may not have any control in how someone may interpret our actions, someone is always watching. Consequently, we might want to consider,…
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