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
‘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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Every year on January 1 people all over the world make New Year’s Resolutions. Forbes reports that an average of 8% of people achieve their New Year’s Resolutions. EIGHT percent!! Psychology Today reports that people who set goals, write them down and ask for accountability succeed nearly 75% of the time. What is the difference
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I first got the idea after reading the book “One Perfect Word” by Debbie Macomber. For several years I chose one word which would be my word for the year. When I did this, that word resonated throughout the year and helped me to focus. Last year I didn’t choose one and as I look
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I am a Star Trek fan; from the very first episodes in the 60s through Next Gen, Deep Space, Voyager and movies. One of the many things that intrigues me about this Sci-Fi series is the various aspects they display about daily life. A favorite episode in Next Generation is from season 6 titled “Timescape”.
Several years ago a friend was visiting my home. We sat out on the back deck drinking iced tea and catching up on our lives. During a lull in the conversation my friend commented on the pretty yellow roses along the fence line. I looked out there. Yes, there were pretty roses I had worked
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Do you remember the movie “Short Circuit”? It is a very cute movie made in the mid 1980s about an experimental robot that becomes intelligent. Upon escaping into the world it seeks out INPUT. It wants to learn. The phrase “input, more input” became a fun mantra as my children were growing up; signaling more
I stand in the bathroom looking at 2 overfull laundry baskets. I swear I just did laundry a couple of days ago, where does it all come from? I’d like to put it off, but, alas, clean clothes are a must; so I get started. The first load I do is the towels. Why, you
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Spring time is beginning to show itself here in the Midwest. The grass is starting to green and grow, my husband is already looking at the lawn mower to wake it from it’s winter slumber. Perennial plants are showing tips of green as they yawn and burst through the ground. Rain comes often. Spring is
Forgiveness. The Bible tells me to forgive others. The Bible promises God has and will forgive me. Psychologists and medical doctors say unforgiveness causes many physical and emotional problems. I understand all this. I can accept the premise of all these. Over time I have learned to forgive others for the wrongs done against me.
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Are you too busy? Take the “Are You Too Busy” quiz. Steven Covey tells a story about a demonstration he witnessed that helps to clarify how we place priorities in our lives. It goes like this. The seminar he was attending began this way. Reaching under the table, the seminar leader pulled out a wide
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You probably don’t have to think extra hard to think of someone in your life that always knows what you should do. One person in particular has an overwhelming personality and insists you do what they say is right you. Because you don’t like conflict or perhaps the other’s fierce determination they know what is
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