“Before you assume, learn. Before you judge, understand. Before you hurt, feel. Before you say, think.” – Unknown Life is full of surprises. There are so many distracting, unplanned events occurring daily across the globe, let alone in our personal lives. Sometimes it’s hard to know who to listen to or what direction to go. […]
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“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.” – Benjamin Franklin I have always been one to lose stuff. A wallet, (with money or a check in it) car keys, a phone, you name it. If it were not lost, it was certainly
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“Have you prayed about it as much as you have talked about it?” – Unknown When life gets unbearable, what do find yourself doing? Not what you say you will do, but what you actually do when all hell breaks loose in your life. If you are anything like me, what you say you
“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost Life can be complicated, unpredictable and sometimes just hard. Being married has its own set of issues as well as being single, and when you add children, (young or older) work life scenarios and family dynamics to the mix it can get even more complex. At
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein There is one thing for certain that will always be true, and that is, life is unpredictable and change is inevitable. No matter how much we plan (and plan we should) life happens and things go the way they
“To remember who you are, you need to forget who they told you to be” – Unknown Have a moment of reflection with me… Think back on the things you have learned over the course of your life, whether through formal education or through the school of hard knocks. Both have relevance and have probably
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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist” – Oscar Wilde Birthdays are always special. To acknowledge and celebrate the birth of someone is pretty significant. It is even more special if you are able to witness a baby take their first breath. I have been blessed to be a
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“Sometimes God allows times of transition to create transformation.” – Lynn Cowell I can promise you that I do not have an affinity with darkness. I actually consider myself to be a very optimistic person, who consistently attempts to look on the brighter side of life, however after blogging for approximately two years now, I
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“Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.” – Unknown For some it just comes naturally, while for others it requires discipline, commitment to the cause, and hard work. A description that usually depicts the natural talents of a star athlete or
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“You are always one decision away from a totally different life.” – Unknown A number of years ago a wise friend told me that life is like a song and a dance. Initially I was not sure what he meant, but he explained that in the first stages of our lives we our learning new
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