The morning is fresh, the sunrise is new, go out and seize the day, Yesterday left, tomorrow isn’t yet, and the here and now won’t stay. Live each moment, savor each memory, be present in your life, Time is short, opportunities abundant, no need for worries or strife. Call a friend, walk a dog, give …
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I’ve been reading and listening to various sources of secular and non-secular topics on practicing peace, changing habits, having joy, experiencing mindfulness, and ridding oneself of negativity. It has been interesting to listen to the various ways people find their center and manage to change habits and get healthy. There are some odd thought patterns …
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While commuting to work, I listen to a variety of stations or music from my iTunes library. In the mornings, I like to listen to uplifting music or stories from some of my favorite Christian stations. One morning I was listening to Pathway to Victory, which usually doesn’t tune in until I am about 8 …
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Today, while walking into work through the employee entrance, I saw one of our doctors walking in with her service dog. I’ll call him Clyde for anonymity. Clyde accompanies her every Tuesday to clinic and is often seen walking through the halls, giving people a chance to destress. Clyde was very excited to jump out …
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Taking lessons from gardening. As I was out doing yardwork with my husband last week, I started on our knockout rose bushes. We have them on either side of our house, and they are as beautiful as they are prolific. They do, however, get messy once the blooms start to die and shed their petals. …
Have you ever heard the phrase “judge not lest ye be judged” or how about “don’t look at the sliver in your brother’s eye without first removing the plank from your own”? How easy is it to make sure someone else is doing what they are supposed to and not pay attention to our own …
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As she drove home, she had tears rolling down her eyes, recalling what her sister told her a few hours ago. Kay was at work, when her sister called with the news that would change Kay in ways she couldn’t understand. Amelia never called her while she was at work; normally, she would text Kay …
Rose swept her eyes over the grand room and foyer before closing the door to her home forever. Had it really been 45 years since she and Ray bought this house? She smiled as she thought of the joy, fear, and anticipation of this four-bedroom home as they signed the loan agreement. Their son Caleb …
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Maggie was still digesting what had just happened. She was still shrouded in the darkness of the eclipse, but she was sweating. Did she really just see and hear what she thought? Had she really felt the electricity through her veins, the unearthly power? Her head was spinning, but she felt the weight of the …
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The Encouraged Woman 