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  • January 28, 2024
    "Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most"  ~ Abraham Lincoln 
    The Year Of Focus: Week Five
    Word of the week: Discipline
    Discipline - noun
    an activity, exercise, or regimen that develops or improves a skill; training:How often do we make apologies for our situation, or put things off for another day, another time when we “feel like it.” But did you know,...

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  • January 21, 2024
    You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through...
    The Year Of Focus:  Week Four
    Word of the Week:  Follow
    Follow – verb
    to go or come after; move behind in the same direction:Recently when I noticed the repetition of my days there was a nudge to transform the use of my time. Noticing I was no longer doing things that fulfilled me, like writing, running,...

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  • January 14, 2024
    When you're in peace, it's a position of power...
    The Year Of Focus:  Week Three
    Word of Week:  Position
    Position - noun
    condition with reference to place; location; situation.There have always been times in my journey through life, job, and/or career where I have not achieved the position I had hoped for. Maybe it takes longer to reach the desired results, or that things for others appear...

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  • January 7, 2024
    Kindness is spreading sunshine into people's lives, regardless of the weather... 
    The Year Of Focus: Week Two
    Word of  the Week: Kindness
    Kindness - noun
    the state or quality of being kindIf kindness is a choice, why on some days is it so hard to choose? When I think about the times when someone interrupts my schedule for what they need, do I respond with kindness? Or when kindness does not...

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  • December 31, 2023
     
    "Diligence is the Mother of good fortune"
    The Year Of Focus
    Word of Week: Diligent
    A couple months ago, I attended a weekend scrapbook getaway and had the opportunity to relax, visit and be creative  which instilled a sense of renewal when it was time to return to my responsibilities. During one of our conversations, I learned the phrase "Chop Wood Carry Water" which basically means, just...

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  • December 29, 2023
    Found this blog post from 2008 - thought it would be good for the New Year...
    This is something I’ve been wanting to write for some time — a Handbook for Life. Now, is there any handbook that can be a guide to every single person? Of course not. This is just a list of tips that I think will help many people in life — some of them common-sense tips that we often forget about. Consider this...

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  • November 29, 2023
    Christmas season growing up
    As the Christmas season approaches, I always fall back into memories of the past. Often drowning myself in the negative thoughts of loss. Grief tugs at the future we lost, the things they will never see, the joy we can no longer share.
    Memories swell as the room fills with the smooth sound of Johnny Mathis “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” a favorite...

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  • July 10, 2022
     
    Week 28: The need for speed – running
    Theme: Movie quotes
    Craving that feeling that comes from an outdoor race, I was ready to sign up for the Twin Sizzler 5k when I learned my daughter had already signed us up for my birthday. I cannot remember the last official outdoor race I ran, but on July 4th, I finally had my opportunity to run. It was the perfect time to run, time for change, and time...

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  • July 3, 2022
     
    "Always keep your face towards the sunshine and let the shadows fall behind you" 
    Theme: Movie lines and life 
    July - Lessons from summer
    We have barely touched our toes into summer, yet here I am looking for the lessons I need to learn. Maybe the education I want comes from the summers of my past. Perhaps it is because summer is our reminder to enjoy the outdoors providing more time to linger...

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  • June 26, 2022
    Grateful for this life - Happy birthday to me... 
    Theme: Motivation
    Week 26: Celebrating me (on this 26th day and 26th week)
    In this season of my life, I am focusing on the ways to celebrate being me, taking the steps to uncover my place in this world. A place where I reveal and fulfill my purpose by living my truth. Through the years my purpose has transformed from figuring out who I was in...

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