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Why Bother Giving Others the Benefit of the Doubt?

Why Bother Giving Others the Benefit of the Doubt? Last September, on my way to work, I got a speeding ticket. I deserved it. I was going thirty miles an hour in a twenty-five mile an hour zone. It was not my first speeding ticket. I have a lead foot, but it had been quite…
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Gratitude

Why Bother Making a House a Home?

Why Bother Making a House a Home? Recently, a friend of mine moved into a new apartment and asked if I’d come and help her arrange things in her new space. Of course I accepted her invitation for help.  Her new apartment is small, but there is plenty of natural light, and a high ceiling,…
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Gratitude

Why Bother to Keep Going to Work?

Why Bother to Keep Going to Work? Recently, while spring cleaning my home office, I found a piece of artwork on the very bottom of the bookshelf. This picture was given to me quite a while ago and I’ve always meant to put it in a.  It is a picture of Haystack Rock, a popular…
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Mental Health

Why Bother To Train Our Brain?

Why Bother To Train Our Brain? Swimming has not always been a natural pleasure for me.  As a youngster, my parents signed me up for swimming lessons and it was not pleasant. The water was too cold, the noise level too loud and the instructor was as friendly as a sergeant shouting out orders to…
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