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Family

Why Bother Knowing What We Can and Can’t Control?

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…
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Forgiveness

Why Being Grateful for the Healing Power of Forgiveness?

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…
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Learning

Why Bother Being Grateful for Those Who Inspire Us?

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…
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Misc

Why Bother Being Grateful for Being Grateful?

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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