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Do We Always Do What We’ve Always Done?

by Barbara Hartsook on June 11, 2009 · 11 comments

Must we always do things we’ve always done just because we’ve always done them?

I used to cook. And decorate the food.
When Wes and I were first married, I learned to cook on a budget because money was definitely scarce, and much of what little we both made as teachers had to be saved to buy [...]

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To Be Visibly Authentic, Let Go the Status Quo

by Barbara Hartsook on March 12, 2009 · 12 comments

Yesterday Liz Strauss, in a step toward visible authenticity, threw away some stuff. She wrote:

Old habits stay with us longer than we need them.
Old thoughts that once protected  fence us in…
Being too safe can be risky.
Knowing too much can get in the way of learning…
… I had to throw away the old jeans to understand [...]

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