Dreaming. As a child I dressed as a princess and dreamed of life in a castle. My Barbie (in the days before she had all these beautiful clothes, cars, and professions) could be anything I wanted. My mom’s large cooking pot was Barbie’s swimming pool. In my dreams I traveled the world. Then life happened, […]
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My husband walked into my office finding me on the floor, rearranging power cables. He looked around the room which showed the desk area obviously being re-organized and asked “What are you procrastinating?” When I am busy with multiple major things, suddenly a minor thing creeps up and slaps me the face, calling out for
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My husband and I start our mornings with a cup of coffee. Add a touch of cream and head toward the day’s work. During the morning we may add another cup or two. Lately I’d noticed after the first one I didn’t want any more. During a coffee conversation I told my husband I thought
Several years ago I read Debbie Macomber’s book “One Perfect Word” and, following her example, started to declared a ‘word of the year’ for myself. I failed to do so in 2016, and felt incomplete. Last year the word was ‘committed’. I committed to stepping out, to moving forward, to following the path God laid
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(I recently presented this as a speech at my local Toastmasters Club) I have heard it said, “If you don’t have a vision, you can never be focused in a direction.” I wonder then, how do you set a goal, and once set what propels you to consistently move in that direction? Perhaps, like me,
You are so busy. You struggle to keep all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of your life together- home, church, family, kids after-school activities, work, and the list goes on. You must plan ahead and determine what pieces of the puzzle (a.k.a your life) will get a ‘yes’ response from you and which will
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I suffer from a problem I am sure none of you ever face. I experience bouts of low self-esteem and lack of confidence. I know, I know, this is unfamiliar to you, but if you will allow me to share my story with you, perhaps you will have a clearer understanding. Inside my head are
I love to use word pictures to try to describe what is happening in my mind’s eye. I can see something but it is fuzzy, and unclear. By speaking out the picture to someone it becomes clearer. Focus becomes sharper. I can see it and now I can choose how to act on it. One
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I did it again. She called with a last minute cancellation asking me to please take over the project. Through gritted teeth with a forced smile I said it would be no problem. Afterward I slammed a few cabinet doors, spoke some words I wouldn’t want my daughter to hear, and then started to readjust
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When eclipse glasses started hitting my Facebook news feed I thought for sure these were a scam. Just do the pinhole trick and save your money, I thought. Then my grandson came to visit to attend a solar eclipse event with us. He let me try on his glasses. WOW!!! Everything was blacked out, except
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I like to play color match video games. It helps me to keep my mind busy, often while avoiding chronic pain – okay, I will be honest, sometimes avoiding work that needs to be done. I have played some Candy Crush – until I reached a level I couldn’t defeat and gave it up. I
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” – Jeremiah 29:11 I have heard this verse used over and over by many people. It is a promise of hope. But I think there is
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‘Oh that my steps may be steady, keeping the course you have set’ – Psalm 119:5 msg I have tossed my daily TO DO list and now work on an I WILL list. Simply thinking about ‘what I should do’ verses ‘what I will do’ is a perspective shift that has helped me to move
A young man was called into the boss’s office. He working as an artist for a Missouri newspaper. He was informed that he was not creative enough and was no longer employed. If you’ve ever lost a job you cherished you understand what this young man thought and felt. In our
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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not human masters…Col 3:23 After doing a short bible study and focusing on this verse I went to make my bed and clean the bedroom. Earlier in the week I had leaned down to pick up something and noticed the
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