“Silence isn’t empty, it’s full of answers.” – Unknown The balance between actively listening and sharing words can stifle even the best communicators. Most of us have heard the term, “waiting for our turn to talk”, which is what most of us still do emphatically, while we seem to be intently listening to our loves […]
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“Don’t try to figure what people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.” – Barbara Kingsolver As I approach the milestone age of 50 this year, a lot has changed in my life. How I envision it, what I expect from it and especially what I desire from myself and others.
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“Nothing can make up for the absence of someone whom we love, and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute; we must simply hold out and see it through.” – Elizabeth Lesser The quote above can be taken in several different ways, and because of that possibility, I want to clarify how
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“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand How many can remember a time when your life was in turmoil? A time when crawling under a rock and hiding forever seemed like the best option for you. You know those moments when it was easier
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“In every person you know, there is a person you don’t know.” – Unknown Lately I have been thinking. Thinking about what and who I have allowed to enter my sacred space over the years. You know the place where you hold your most intimate thoughts, ideas, hopes and even fears you have only shared
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“When I was a child I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:11 No matter what age we are, I believe there is an inner boy or girl living on the inside of
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“Be ruthless for your own well being” – Holly Butcher This evening while reading Internet news, I came across a story from a woman that recently died at the young age of 27. She died from cancer and chose to share her story about what really matters in life. The words were encouraging and bold,
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”No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it” – Albert Einstein Nothing beats a failure like a good-ole-fashioned try right? Wrong. For some of us, this route has been a pain-staking journey that has led us on paths we would rather not remember. As relieving as the inability to not
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“Lonely is not being alone, it’s the feeling that no one cares.” – Unknown No matter what facet of life I am in, whether working at my job as an employee, raising my children as a father, being a husband to my wife or simply living as a citizen in society, I fully understand that
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”In order to save myself, I must destroy first the me I was told to be.” – The Dreamer Yesterday I was thinking of all the ways that God has blessed me. I think of my family, my career and being in great health at 49 years of age. None of this has come
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