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We Live Where Our Focus Is

by Barbara Hartsook on March 12, 2010 · 41 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

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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Do You Think You’re Good Enough? Do Others Agree?

by Barbara Hartsook on March 5, 2009 · 13 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee,Inspiration

My daily practice now includes reading a few favorite blogs over my second mug of coffee. This morning I found this at Successful-Blog… Liz Strauss writes: People will tell you that you’re not good enough. Are you going to believe them? They’ll tell you that it can’t be done. It will take too long. It [...]

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We Covet Old Crockery…

by Barbara Hartsook on June 21, 2008 · 39 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

An old crockery pot lay against a crooked stone wall. Dusty and hot in the sun. Chipped just a tiny piece in the back. I nudged it with my toe, and while I knocked loose part of the stone behind it, nothing crawled out, so I considered it safe to pick up. I blew off [...]

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Childhood Dreams Fulfilled?

by Barbara Hartsook on June 5, 2008 · 18 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

My interest in all things art-related goes back to my little girl days of Crayola crayons, kid-safe scissors and paste, and all the scrap paper I could find. I remember loving the splashes of color in my grandmother’s English-style gardens, and how pretty everything looked when the sun was low in the sky and made [...]

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