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Tag Archives: decisions
The Only Limitation
People who believe they have no smiles left inside them are greatly short-changing themselves and the world. Within each of us is a nearly infinite number of potential smiles that is only limited by how many days of life we’re granted. With … Continue reading
A Tough Decision
As the scheduled birth of his younger sister is now less than two months away, our grandson Thomas announced he is having difficulty choosing whether she should be named “Princess Leia” or “Dreami.” (The latter is the name of the kind … Continue reading
Posted in Decisions, Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged decisions, Grandchildren, humor
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Cocoons and Sunshine
As I laid in bed this morning, luxuriating in the warmth on my skin, knowing that in a moment I would rise and begin a new day, the seeds of the poem below came to me. I rose, grabbed some … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Loss, Making the World a Better Place, Poetry I Wrote, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged beauty, death, decisions, Love, opportunity, poetry, potential, shadows
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Choices and Pain
I believe that when people go through awful experiences–especially situations where other folks hurt us–we have a choice. We can choose to let what we went through become an excuse to close our heart in an attempt to protect ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Choices, Compassion, Courage, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Healing, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, My Written Works Misc., Non-Fiction Writing I've Done, Observations, Pain & Grief, Suffering
Tagged choices, courage, decisions, heart, I believe, joy, lasting joy, my beliefs, observations, pain, paths, suffering, will
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Hearing You, and More Reasons for Considering Changes
Thank you to those of you who provided feedback regarding possible big changes that I mentioned in my last post. Most of those comments indicate a preference that I leave everything all in one blog. I’ve listened. A new blog … Continue reading
Follow Your Own Heart
“Follow your own heart, regardless of what others tell you to do. When all is said and done, it’s you who has to live with your decisions and how your heart feels about it.” I don’t know who originated that … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, LIfe Lessons, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts
Tagged Anger, decisions, Feel, feels, follow, follow your heart, follow your own heart, heart, Life, regret, resentment, reward, rewarding, sadness, wisdom
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Focusing on the Relationship
One of the best decisions I’ve ever made was when I decided to focus on improving my relationships rather than trying to improve my wife, friends, partners, children, co-workers, and others. When I focus on the relatiohsip I know that … Continue reading
Posted in Relationship Lessons Learned
Tagged boss, boss. child, boyfriend, child, children, Decision, decisions, focus, Friendship, friendships, girlfirend, husband, Love, marriage, Relationship, Relationships, Romance, wife
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