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Packing you in my suitcase
This is my first video entry. Since I travel around the world, I've decided to share with you ideas and views from my many adventures. Do you have a question you would like me to ask to see if people have different answers by location? Come with me as we explore the world together.
When did you last laugh yourself to tear...
Over the holidays, I found the time to be with some friends I had not seen for months. We always promise to meet more often. Then each year, we share excuses explaining why that promise was broken. Putting friendships on the back burner when we get overly busy is harmful to our success. This post demonstrates how scheduling friend time can help you grow.
Can you define ‘easy?’
A mountain biking lesson offers a reflection on how people judge what is easy and hard in life, and if we hold each other to unreasonable standards.
Up in the Air about Relationships
On the surface, the movie Up in the Air has a simple plot and message about the importance of relationships. Below the surface, the movie is much more profound, looking at how we define ourselves by the bonds we create. This post explores this concept and asks for your insights.
What’s your cause?
Instead of writing goals this year, can you define your cause? Goals create actions which might have an effect. Causes create effects, making the goals that arise more fluid, adaptable and meaningful.
St. Thomas Aquinas wrote:
I have a cause.
We need those, don't we?
Otherwise the darkness and the cold gets in
and everything starts to
ache.
My soul has a purpose, it is
to love.
If I
do not fulfill
my heart's vocation,
I suffer.
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What inside your heart is asking
A Long Way from “An Education̶...
My excuse is predictable--I haven't posted much lately because I'm working to meet my book deadlines. Life is too busy, too chaotic and unpredictable to stay in touch. Sound familiar?
Yet after watching the movie, An Education, I am grateful for my crazy, full life. It wasn't too long ago women had so few options in life that marriage seemed like a good escape from a colorless future. Not that nursing
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