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Category Archives: Encouragement
Explore a World without Walls or Fences
How easy it is to limit ourselves! How effortlessly and gently we fall into complacency — content in a landscape surrounded by fences, or circumscribing our physical and mental beings to the space allotted by cubicle walls. “Ah, but we … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, goals, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, outdoors, self-improvement, success
Tagged cows, fence, landscape, paddock, wall
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Vacation Every Day?
Given a choice, most people would choose a week at a sunny, warm beach over the same period of time in the office. (For those who hate oceans — seriously? — there are options: a snowy mountain on which to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Growth, health, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, simple living, success, vacation
Tagged beach, living, moments, music, reality, vacation
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Judging Others — We’re Usually Wrong
Perhaps one of the best reasons not to judge other people is that we’re so very bad at it. Most of the time (pretty much all of the time, actually), we don’t know the whole story. Though we think we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Relationships, self-improvement, success
Tagged chair, facts, judge, judgment, mountain, nebo
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How to Complain, without Hurting Others
It’s easy to complain today, because there’s so much to complain about. Because we live in a society dominated and shaped by mega-corporations, we deal a lot with inefficiency, products that aren’t necessarily made with an eye for quality, and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, Relationships, self-improvement, shopping, success, Uncategorized
Tagged business, complain, corporation, kindness, messsenger
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That Incredible Thing You Do (and Make)
When is the last time you made something with your hands? Better yet, when is the last time you valued something that you made with your hands? We live in a world of mass production, of products churned out on … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Growth, inspirational, Life, santa, self-improvement, simple living, success
Tagged assembly line, create, hands, human, Santa, unique
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When Will You Be Honored for What You Do?
“What is your favorite color? Your favorite food? Your favorite animal?” Children ask these questions incessantly (as do social media quizzes, but the latter are mining information for advertisers). It’s difficult to explain to seven-year-olds that while you may like … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, celebrities, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, success
Tagged award, colorful, favorite, honor, person, someone, year
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Do We Like What We See in the Mirror?
“That’s not me, is it?” Most of us are surprised, not necessarily pleasantly, when we unexpectedly catch sight of ourselves in a shop window, mirror, or, nowadays, tagged in a Facebook post. We always look older, wider, sloppier, more stooped, … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, blogging, Christmas, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Growth, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, santa, self-improvement, success
Tagged image, Santa, self, truth, youth
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Quiet People Have a Lot to Say
Just because you’re quiet doesn’t mean that you don’t have much to say. The noisy people won’t hear, generally because they’re not listening. Continue reading
Posted in america, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Growth, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, success, Uncategorized
Tagged aggressive, chicken, leaders, quiet, recalcitrant, thoughtful
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Is It Impossible? Maybe Not.
By what age do we stop believing in six impossible things before breakfast? I’m not sure, but I do know that too many of us have not only stopped believing in, and reaching for, impossible things. We also give up … Continue reading
Posted in america, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, prayer, self-improvement, success, thinking
Tagged believe, child, dreams, friend, goals, impossible, Santa
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