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Ferris Wheels, Roller Coasters and Merry Go Rounds, Motion Without Forward Movement

Do you remember the fair? It was exciting to hear that “the fair is coming to town!” I could always see myself walking the grounds with funnel cake in both hands or trying to win a stuffed animal or standing in line for the rides. The anticipation was an event of its own. Oh, it [...]

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The Most Commonly Used Solution to the Issues We Don’t Want To Face

FAITH (heart condition)

I’ve been reading The TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER, a Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey. He talks about ignorance and it strikes a nerve with me. Ramsey says “ignorance is not a lack of intelligence; it is a lack of know-how.” In other words, if I am ignorant about something, then I simply don’t [...]

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When all else fails: calm down and start over!

FOCUS (mind control)

Have you ever had one of those days where your best plans and ideas just seem to unravel right in front of you? The team you trained begins to act like they were never taught a thing. The people you work with or for seem to forget their own systems. Your partner breaks the flow [...]

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Finding the Inspiration to Hold Up, Wait a Minute, Breath Deep & Dive Back In

FAITH (heart condition)

You can’t be everything to everybody. “We” cannot be everything to everybody. We can be mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons and friends BUT there must be moments in the day when we are simply a man or a woman in a quiet little place where we can hear ourselves think [...]

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A life of faith, a life of focus

FAITH (heart condition)

What makes us different from anyone else? If you are in a room full of doctors and you are a doctor too, then what makes you different? If you are in a room full of engineers and you are an engineer too, then what makes you different? If you are in a room full of [...]

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Cycle of Faith: For Those Times When You Think You Should Be OK But You’re Not

FAITH (heart condition)

There seems to be this cycle that circles my life. I learn to trust God for one dream, and then it’s time to trust Him for another. Yes, it’s a cycle of faith. Like the time I wanted to go to Europe, and I was so broke. Long story short God made it happened, just [...]

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On the Move . . . for those of us with a dream, the world is still waiting, so don’t you give up!

FAITH (heart condition)

It has been awhile. A full Christmas, an exciting New Year, and a world-wind of work brings us to the door of March, already. Unless it is a lazy summer with enough humidity to stop time, everything seems to move so fast. Of course we can always use our super power called “free will” and [...]

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FAMILY: The Single Most Important Action That Will Change Your Family Life Forever, If You Let It

FOOTSTEPS (act on it)

Return to Sender (Creation Conversation) Most of the time you can’t send your family back. And although fifty percent of American married couples routinely divorce each other, has anyone every successfully divorced their family. I mean really, it’s not that easy when it’s the one you where born into. Even if you ignore them all [...]

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3 Easily Ignored but Really Important Reasons the Holidays Are So Hard (For Some of Us)

FAITH (heart condition)

The dinners have been cooked. I personally rocked that sweet potato pie and received some praise from the hardest critic in the family. I enjoyed my Thanksgiving this year but the laughter is coming to a quiet fade and the family is preparing to jump back into our pre-Thanksgiving schedule and stresses. But . . [...]

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