Helping you find your answers
My mom was a worrier. My dad was a worrier. My dad’s mother was a worrier. I came by it honestly. I can’t say I worry in a fretting, anxious way most of the time. Usually, it’s more like I’m overwhelmed by analyzing all of the possibilities.
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No matter how hard you try, you can’t stop nature from happening. Today I was doing some painting to repair damage from an old leaky chimney when I got a phone call. My niece’s daughters were both frantically trying to call me. They finally called someone else I know who was able to get hold of me.
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I really did learn something new today. Not in the life-lesson sense that I usually normally write about. I found out that the unconventional way I started and completed my career is actually a thing. More on that later. First, some background.
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Every week, I do my best to make time for things that I need to do. I have a tendency to be a procrastinator, so scheduling time to deal with life makes sure things get done. Monday tends to be the best day to do these things, because I am almost guaranteed to have the entire afternoon free.
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It’s New Year’s Day, and a lot of time has passed since the last installment of this blog. WAY too much time. I guess that’s the way life is. We get so distracted by things that we have to do in our life, we fail to make time for the things we want to do.
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Sometimes you just have to do the right thing. During the past year of the coronavirus pandemic, we have been exposed to so much frustration. Frustration from not being able to do “normal,” frustration from people not wanting to respect science or other people’s safety, frustration from isolation. It happens on so many levels. Yet, somehow, we have managed survive a year of life as we never imagined it. I’m not saying there aren’t scars, but it’s amazing how resilient we are.
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For several weeks now, I have had a persistent, nagging thought: “Truth is more than what comes out of someone else’s mouth.” And then I think how wonderful it would be if everyone felt this way.
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