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Family

Why Bother Setting a Regular Course for Our Lives?

Setting a Regular Course As a daughter of an alcoholic father, I grew up in a chaotic household never knowing what to expect; catastrophe or calm, anger or good humor, a gentle or harsh exchange of words.  Then when I was 13, like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, my life was uprooted and I…
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Calmness
Faith

Why Bother Waking up to a Few Better Choices?

A Few Better Choices Recently, I saw a man standing on a busy street corner holding a sign that read, “I’d rather beg than steal.” His message reminded me of one of the times in my life, when I have also thought I had only two choices; neither one of them being any good.  Even…
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Gratitude

Why Bother Noticing the Simple Privileges We Possess

Simple Privileges According to the wide range of news resources available to all of us, there isn’t any good news. Random shootings, protests and inflation are the headlines and for some odd reason or another, sad, bad, headlines sell more than good ones. I like what Paul Harvey once said, “In times like these, it…
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Learning

How to Lesson Our Load

Our Load Have you ever considered the weightiness of unforgiveness, the mother load of grudges we collect, or the heftiness of resentment? Imagine a balance scale with our hurt feelings and woundedness on one side and gratitude and thankfulness on the other. Which weighs more?  Although emotional wounding is a universal theme in life, I…
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