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Gratitude

Why Bother To Be Thankful?

  Why Bother To Be Thankful? As a public school teacher, I teach more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. I also instruct my students in social graces; no shoving in line, and don’t chew with your mouth open, along with emotional awareness; be kind to each other, and respect one another. Recently, our topic of…
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Mental Health

Why Bother To Consider Your Calling?

Why Bother To Consider Your Calling? It was Mark Twain who said that the two most important days in our life are the day we are born and the day we find out why. Though not everyone has an inkling for why they are born, I believe we come into this world to inhabit a…
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Beauty

Why Bother To Admire The Beauty of a Full Moon?

  Why Bother Admiring the Beauty of a Full Moon? I take the beauty of a full moon for granted. It’s regular and reliable and occurs at least once a month, sometimes twice in the same month. Its showy loveliness is bright and lights up an otherwise dark night. Beautiful and Necessary The moon is…
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Gratitude

Why Bother With Your Emotions?

Why Bother With Your Emotions? For the longest time, I thought sad, mad, and glad were the only emotions I had, with mad as the dominant one. But recently, as I went through my day I perceived a smorgasbord of  feelings; energetic, tired, confused, impatient, delighted, relaxed, sad, empathetic, angry, hopeful, curious, calm, competitive, anxious,…
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