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Beauty

Why Bother Watching the Squirrels?

Why Bother Watching the Squirrels? Since summer began, my morning routine includes taking my breakfast out to the picnic table that my husband built for me a few years back. While forking scrambled eggs into my mouth and slurping down one more cup of coffee, my face is normally stuck in a book. But lately,…
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Communication

Why Bother to Wave?

Why Bother to Wave? I have not driven down a two-lane highway in Nebraska for quite some time, but it has not been so long ago that I don’t remember what it was like. The traffic was always sparse, and slow moving. No one was in a hurry. The vehicles we’d meet on these roads…
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Health

Why Bother Considering Our Intentions?

Why Bother Considering Our Intentions? I believe intentions not only move us toward our goals, but they also keep our actions aligned and linked to our beliefs. When my morals line up with my goals, then my intentions will keep me on the right track.                     Designing Your Purpose We can think of our intentions as…
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Family

Why Bother to Speak the Unspeakable?

Why Bother to Speak the Unspeakable? My siblings were the ones with whom I shared childhood. We bunked together, the girls in one bedroom, the boys in another. We shared the same meals around the same dining room table, we squeezed ourselves into the back seat of the family car.  But not only did we…
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