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I asked a teacher-friend if she’s ready for the start of the school year. “The last two weeks have been very busy for me,” she said, “but I don’t know that I’ll ever be completely ready. It’s a little like jumping on a raft as it moves downstream with the current. It’s not going to [...]
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What Potential? Years ago, when we were looking for a larger house to buy, one in the country away from city traffic and sounds, my husband led us on a search for property that had what he called potential. Potential? I was looking for a house we could call home, on property we could enjoy. [...]
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Susan told me she and Beth were friends. “Not the everyday, check-in-with-each-other kind of friends,” she said. “But the every-couple-of months kind. Where you see each other and it’s as if no time at all has passed. You just pick up your last conversation and are comfortable together for an hour or an evening or [...]
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First the Library… My husband’s and my first dates were study dates at our university library, an old brick structure with high ceilings and tall windows. We climbed a dozen concrete steps to enter through massive, ornate, wooden double doors. Once those doors closed behind us, they shut out all sounds but our footfalls echoing [...]
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We crave new beginnings, don’t we? If New Year’s is the time to write resolutions and begin anew, spring is the time to freshen up and begin yet again. In northern Ohio we watch closely for the signs of spring long before the temperatures rise. Long before we even think of opening the windows, or [...]
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I read (and copied it into my journal) a quote from William Blake: “No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” And the thought struck me: Opportunity is like that bird — high-soaring, inviting us to come along, take hold, and fly under our own wing-power. Opportunities do not land… Opportunity [...]
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I live where my focus is. The Good Book says, ‘Where your heart is, there will be your treasure.” Where my heart is… hmm. In the ancient text, the word heart referred to everything I’m made up of – my substance. So it must matter where I focus my thoughts, my energies, my choices, my [...]
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@beanfair asked the question on Twitter: What do YOU think makes an effective Tweet? Is it a call to action? A tease that makes you curious? a great link or…? My answer is Yes. All those things. I am a life-learner, curious beyond measure, and ever-antsy to do something! so Yes, all those things. A [...]
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I have to share a happy new year story with you. It’s called A Walk in the Snow with Not-So Strangers. I was roaming the Internet from the Technorati site, and through a series of clicks from here, found myself on Katie Paine’s blog. In the side bar were titles of recent posts, and this [...]
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Tidy up. That’s what I want to do. Sort out. Pitch. Give away. Save. Make room for what’s to come. Get rid of the clutter on my desk, in my closets, and in my schedule. It’s that time of year we think about new goals, shedding pounds, prettying up our homes, wishing folks Happy… these [...]
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