Category: Confidence
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Duh!
You would think after walking around this planet for decades, I’d have it all figured out. Nope. Too often I slap my forehead and say Duh! Why did I (or didn’t I) do that? The worst are the repeat lessons, as if the first time around the mistake was not painful enough. Some Duhs are…
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Quote of the Week…
“Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.” Charlton Heston, 1923 – 2008
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Change Is…
Change is inevitable. Why do we resist it so much? Is Inertia such a force with which to be reckoned? Let’s face it, at the very basic level of bodily functions, we must eat to feed our cells. No eating equals eventual decay. There is no staying the same. Ever. Change is good. There is…
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Quote of the Week…
“Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.” Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1543 – 1616
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Quote of the Week…
“Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.” Sylvia Earle, 1935 –
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One Step, Two Step…
Last week I went to the first ever Lit Crawl in my new hometown, even though that afternoon I just wasn’t feeling it. My reading chair was calling me ~ stay home and cozy up in me with your books, it said. I resisted because 99 percent of the times I’ve made myself step out…
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Quote of the Week…
“You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.” Jerry Seinfeld, 1954 –
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Quote of the Week…
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s how you carry it.” Lou Holtz, 1937 –
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Y G T…
When I was rocking my babies, I would sing in English and in Spanish. I wished for them to develop an ear for language and an appreciation for different cultures. Back then, I didn’t dream of their futures. I only stepped in and out of the endless days of need (theirs and mine) and tried…
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Quote of the Week…
“If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” Anatole France, 1844 – 1924
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