Exploring possibilities, asking questions, discovering life day by day.
From the category archives:
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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Life happens in the small moments. I sure don’t want to miss it! Yesterday the sun shone, and toward late afternoon, it angled its way across my neighborhood and brushed the prettiest shades of color on the tree blossoms. It was a don’t-stay-out-too-long-without-a-jacket, fresh air day. So I put one on, hung my camera strap [...]
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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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Learning is such fun. It’s profitable. And it changes us. But only if we apply it. Four of us rode together, returning home from a weekend motivational conference. We broke the trip in half by stopping for lunch. I had picked up on an idea early in the weekend and was excited to try it [...]
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The Superbowl is behind us, and with March coming, Madness will soon keep us near the flat-screens. Shortly after that we’ll have The Opener. All American sports… football, basketball, baseball… soccer, track, volleyball. Great fun… but are sports good for life beyond the game? Can learning to play sports teach kids how to live life? [...]
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