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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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Why do we doodle? Just to pass the time? To find a design? To examine patterns? If I have a pen in hand and paper near by, I’m going to doodle. My name, a curved line, what’s being said by someone else — and that may also be in a curved line — or sometimes [...]
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I love to take tests… personality, color, clothing-style tests — whatever is offered. What I don’t like is that the questions asked often require more than scaled-answer responses offered. You know, the on-a-scale-of kind of answers with no provision for actually answering. Or multiple choice answers — and none of the choices fits you exactly. [...]
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I love to write and doodle. So why don’t I do more of it? What am I afraid of? And how do I stop the fears and get going again? 1. Fear of Failure… Maybe my written thoughts won’t have significance to you, the reader. Do you even wonder the same things I wonder? Or [...]
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How Do You Handle Hurtful Remarks?
by Barbara Hartsook on January 12, 2010 · 19 comments
in Personal Growth
It’s universal you know… thinking whatever offensive, hurtful remark gets thrown at us is because of us. It isn’t always… Liz Strauss says to distance ourselves from the event. Her points are excellent — think, think, realize, decide, and think some more. Read the point specifics on her blog… I’d add this: Realize the offensive [...]
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