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  • Strengths and Weaknesses

    This evening, I reflected on my strengths and weaknesses. I thought about how my shortcomings manifest themselves in my interactions with those closest to me. For example, I do not have much patience for people who do not appear to live their lives purposefully. For example, they claim to represent or value one thing but Read more

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  • Walking.

    I have lived in the same neighborhood for over a decade, but going for a walk or a run never gets old. I am always transfixed by the huge trees, creeks, flowers and hills that create the landscape. On the other side, near the schools, there are more people and traffic, but all one has Read more

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  • Defying Labels: Soul searching in one hundred degree heat.

    I don’t know if men have this issue, but a lot of women in my life (myself included) have found ourselves defining our lives based on the labels we have accepted from those around us. Sometimes those labels are negative and we fight tooth and nail to shed them, but what about the labels that Read more

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  • War on Trash (Revisited)

    I wrote the post below about seven years ago. I was working on cleaning out a lot of junk from my home and my heart. I recently began a new endeavor to restore my physical and spiritual house. Until yesterday, I thought I did not have much work to do spiritually, but I have been Read more

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