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Why Bother Knowing What We Can and Can’t Control?
By Terese Luikens | Nov 18, 2025 | Family
Can and Can’t Control Sometimes I forget that I’m not the blessed controller of all things. When this simple, yet profound truth is forgotten by any one of us, then we overwhelm ourselves with the worry, guilt and anxiety that comes from thinking that we are the blessed controller of all things. I once had…
Read More → Why Being Grateful for the Healing Power of Forgiveness?
By Terese Luikens | Nov 16, 2025 | Forgiveness, Gratitude
Healing Power of Forgiveness I’m convinced that something we all have in common is that we’ve all experienced, to some degree or another, the emotional pain of betrayal, abandonment or rejection. I know from experience that the emotional pain we feel from past woundings or present disappointments greatly affects how competently or incompetently we govern…
Read More → Why Bother Being Grateful for Those Who Inspire Us?
By Terese Luikens | Nov 14, 2025 | Learning
Those Who Inspire Us Inspiration is necessary for creativity and creativity is necessary to live our ordinary lives in an extraordinary way. Who inspires us? Who motivates us to do something we only think about doing? It might be someone we notice, someone we’ve met, someone close to us or someone we’ve read about. We…
Read More → Why Bother Being Grateful for Being Grateful?
By Terese Luikens | Nov 12, 2025 | Misc
Being Grateful for Being Grateful Can our gratitude grow? I think so. The more we find to be grateful for the more grateful we are. The more grateful we are the more grateful we become. Being grateful is like a muscle, the more we exercise it, the more it grows. Our gratitude can become something…
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