Are You Too Private?
Or not private enough? “Don’t air your dirty laundry in public.” It’s an old and wise saying. When there are
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The Folded Ear and OCD
It may seem an odd lead-in but it’s appropriate and if you read along I think you’ll understand why. The
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Is There a Difference Between Insulting and Offensive?
Not that long ago I had an experience that made me think about the difference between “being insulted” and “being
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Who Defines You?
“What follows ‘I am’ is far more important than what follows ‘You are’.” I put that quote up on Facebook
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What Gifts Do You Give?
Keep in mind that it’s Christmas Eve as I type this… This morning as I drank my coffee, sitting at
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Throw Out 2018’s Trash
Welcome to the end of another year (or close to it). As we approach the New Year, lots of people
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Be Your Own Great Author
I have heard so many jokes about why you shouldn’t piss off an author. Everything from, “because they’ll write you
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Life Is THE Final Exam
Do you remember… that kid in school that always wanted to sit next to you so he could copy your
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Do You Artificially Shackle Yourself?
As I think a great many people do nearly every day now, I was surfing through some social media posts
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Don’t Let Your Past Shackle You
In the contemporary world there seem to be a host of beliefs, accepted as unavoidable fact, based on assumptions about
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Expansive Outlooks
One really spectacular benefit of social media is that it allows you to follow those you choose, ignore those you
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12 Secrets of a Happier Life
Every now and then in everyone’s life we get distracted by things that we either cannot change or that shouldn’t
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Measuring Life
This is something we all know, but some of us need a reminder about every now and then. You don’t
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Standing In Line
As with so many of the things that inspire me to start thinking around a topic, something popped up in
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Sympathy vs. Empathy
Just the other day I was involved in a very brief virtual discussion about the benefits of empathy over sympathy.
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Is Belief in Karma a Religion?
Nearly every day of my life I hear someone say, “Karma’s a bitch,” or, “Watch what you do; you don’t
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Recognizing Faith Without Argument
Yesterday evening, in a local cigar shop, there was a conversation held about belief in God. I use the capital
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Living Life to Excess
This entry is about living your life in excess but bear with me for a few moments as I share
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Where The Green Grass Grows
I will never forget parts of my childhood and one of the things I remember best is my father complaining
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Your Butterfly Effect
The term “Butterfly Effect” means different things to different people – or many things to each individual. Two movies come
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