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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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
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
Did you make a New Year’s Resolution last year? How did it go? If you like the majority of people you set it aside within the 1st 6 weeks of the year. Maybe you went a little longer. Perhaps you of the small percentage that stuck to it. If so, congratulations! Not completing your resolution
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