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Thoughts, Way Too Many Thoughts
April 3, 2020

My mind is just full of swirling thoughts. It is hard to focus on any one thing. Then remember…meditate…ponder.

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Movement Begets Movement
January 13, 2020

I’m sure we’re all familiar with Mr. Newton’s laws of motion. His First Law states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it, and a body in motion at a constant velocity […]

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How Emptiness Sings
October 22, 2019

I woke up this morning feeling empty and dissatisfied. All I could think about is what I lacked. The thoughts tumbled and taunted and I couldn’t escape them. So I did the only thing I knew to do to find […]

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Happy New Year – Simple Treasures
January 1, 2013

The sun is shining brightly on the cold white snow and a new year has begun. I’ve been quiet for awhile as much has gone on in my life that required my full attention. So much that I have experienced […]

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Do I Trust or Control?
November 10, 2012

The challenge in my life is not new. In fact it is exactly the same as it has been for as long as I can remember. The circumstances change on a daily sometimes hourly basis but it all boils down […]

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Why Daily Stress?
March 31, 2012

So continuing on with the “lack of time” theme, I’ve been pondering thoughts from the book we are studying with our small group, “Love Focused” and another book I’m reading, “One Thousand Gifts.” Stress often shows itself in our everyday […]

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Wellness Wednesday – Lighten Up
February 1, 2012

Sometimes I think the best thing I can do for myself is to “lighten up.”  I tend to be overly “responsible” and often it is to my own demise.  While there is more than enough hard stuff and heartache in […]

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Unthinkable Circumstances – What Will You Lay Down?
October 17, 2011

It’s important that we say again not everyone has the shocking circumstance of having a family member shoot another person. Your unthinkable circumstance is as individual as you are. It’s not important that your circumstance is like mine. It’s your […]

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Can you "see"?
October 11, 2011

I’ve been thinking about the story in II Kings 6: 8-23. In it the prophet Elisha warns the King of Israel multiple times when enemies are lurking about ready to attack. Eventually someone tells the King of Aram (a bad […]

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Life Lessons

Unthinkable Circumstances – Joining in
October 7, 2011

As I prepared to write today I just wondered where to start and then I noticed a post by my daughter and as I teared up I knew where to start.  No matter where you are in life today there […]

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