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Come Along With Me – An Invitation
As I type this entry it’s “Black Friday” 2019. One of the best memes I’ve seen recently is the one…
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Touching Another’s Soul
A long time ago a friend of mine told me that psychologists are just overpaid bartenders who don’t serve you…
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A Convenient Inconvenience?
Let’s discuss briefly the difference between “convenient” and “inconvenient,” and how being treated as either can be interpreted. This topic…
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Good and Bad Expiration Dates
This morning I saw a quote that said, “Even bad days have an expiration date of 24 hours.” The editor…
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Six Characteristics of the Mentally Strong
Have you ever noticed that some of your friends or family never seem quite as stressed or lacking in control…
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The 12 Best Life Hacks
In today’s computer age, days where you can’t look around without seeing someone on their “smart” phone, and times of…
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What Qualifies Me?
So, I received a private message on Facebook from a gentleman asking, “What qualifies you to give advice on life…
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2018 New Year Resolutions
Near the end of every calendar year… or in the first few days of a new year… huge numbers of…
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Life’s Simplest Lessons
Recently I saw an image through the wizardry of social media and, after having read through it, thought about just…
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Defining You
As happens all too often in my household, my son asked me a question that forced me to carefully think…
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Seven Rules of Life
If you Google “rules for life” you get 863 MILLION returns (in under 2/3 of a second). There are whole…
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Brightest Lights During The Darkest Times
NOTE: This blog isn’t being written, or even approached, with journalistic structure or professionalism in mind. The topic is suicide:…
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What Age is “Old”?
I remember being a little kid… maybe six or seven years old, and my parents were “old” to me. Of…
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Are You a Warrior? BE a Warrior
From dictionary.com, the definition of “Warrior:” A person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier. A person who shows or has…
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Holiday Blues? Find the Silver Lining
Every year around this time, as all law enforcement professionals know, suicides and suicide attempts seem to climb in number. …
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A Letter To Me?
Country music star Brad Paisley wrote a song called, “A Letter To Me,” and the basic idea of the song…
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Thanksgiving 2016
Although we don’t tend to think about it much, our lives are full of traditions. We inherit them from our…
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Staying Positive & Why
Just recently on Facebook I saw a meme that was a joke. In essence it said, “Shoot for the stars…
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Only YOU Are Responsible for your Happiness
That Dalai Lama – smart guy. His statement, as quoted in this meme, is absolutely correct. It’s also something that…
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