I’m Sorry

September 18th, 2012
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Apologizing strengthens friendships
I recently received a card in the mail and I recognized the handwriting right away so I knew before I opened the envelope who the card was from.
What I didn’t know was why the card was being sent to me since it wasn’t my birthday and I hadn’t won the lottery so I knew it wasn’t mailed to congratulate me on anything that had happened in my life.
I opened the card and read the handwritten words and was surprised and touched!  The card was an apology for something that had happened between us many years … Read More

On Your Own Time

August 20th, 2012
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Slowly but surely, I have found that the passage of time does help you gain inner strength and perspective as you try to adjust to an altered life after the loss of a loved one.  Your emotions are not as a raw as they were in the beginning of the grieving process and eventually you start to feel that you have more control over the sadness and confusion concerning your loss. It just doesn’t happen as fast as everyone else wants it to happen. Unfortunately, our go-go society is not very tolerant of understanding how much time it really and… Read More

Get On Your Marks!

January 11th, 2012
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Today is your starting line. Think about all the good intentions or projects/ideas you keep in the back of your brain with the goal of pursuing them some day when you get more time.  You really want to make these things happen but it always seems that something gets in the way and the ideas remain just ideas; the creative thoughts are something to be developed in the future, and you just don’t get started. Today is diffferent.  Today is the day you kick yourself out of the box and you take the first step in researching, investigation or brainstorming. … Read More