Category: faith
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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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Setting Stones…
Today I am setting stones along an unknown path toward the arduous and no fun task of querying agents. It feels like rolling that Sisyphean rock up the slippery mountain. Push and push. Get knocked down. Repeat ad infinitum. No wonder I make an ugly face every time I say “query.” I procrastinate, for real…
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Quote of the Week…
“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” Helen Keller, 1880 – 1968
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Quote of the Week…
“Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny.” Carl Sandburg, 1878 – 1967
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Quote of the Week…
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts, 1915 – 1973
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Quote of the Week…
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.” Marcus Aurelius, 121-180
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One Hundred Percent…
I love/hate the ubiquitous response “a hundred percent.” It efficiently communicates a strong point, but it’s a bit lazy. Much like “same,” “seriously,” and going way back, “far out.” One hundred is nice and round, two zeros next to a one like eyes looking around a corner. 100% means 100 of 100 is represented. It…
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Quote of the Week…
“Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.” Wayne Dyer, 1940-2015
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