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Why Bother to Consider One’s Good Qualities?
By Terese Luikens | | Family, Grief
Why Bother to Consider One’s Good Qualities? Recently an acquaintance called to tell me some sad news. Her father recently committed suicide. Through her choking sobs she told me that the family was too torn apart by his suicide to even plan a memorial service. My heart hurt for her as I remembered how raw…
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Why Bother Waiting for Others?
By Terese Luikens | | Grief, Mental Health, Relationships
Why Bother Waiting for Others? I grew up in a household with three older sisters, two older brothers and a younger brother. Learning to share was an essential character trait instilled in all of us. None of us had our own bedroom, let alone our own private bathroom, telephone or television. Not one of us…
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By Terese Luikens | | Mental Health, Truthfulness
Why Bother Noticing the Pain? The other evening, we had company around our dinner table, John, a friend of one of our sons. He’s recently relocated back to town and is all grown up, even balding a little. He’s been in various trades, including carpentry. The conversation naturally gravitated toward stories of on-the-job injuries between…
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Why Bother Being a Protege?
By Terese Luikens | | Gratitude, Writing
Why Bother Being a Protege? How is it that the seemingly impossible becomes possible? How is it that a pile of jumbled words and phrases written down in journals over the course of many years, turns into a complete and orderly book? Left to myself, that stack of journals that holds dozens of run-on sentences,…
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