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How have you Should on Yourself today?
I was talking with a friend recently. During that conversation he told me of an interesting comment from one of his college advisers. The comment was “How have you “SHOULD” on yourself today?” There are so many things that we “Should” do. We SHOULD: This list goes on and on. But the real question is…
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Your Words Matter…To You
“If I talked to you the way you talked to yourself, would you still be my friend?” Dave Blanchard, The Chair What would you do if you had someone following you around all day screaming something negative at you every 12 seconds? Every 12 seconds all day, every day. Guess what??? You Do!!! And in…
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What’s below your waterline?
I have a friend in Florida who has a sailboat. It is a Seaward 32′ retractable keel sailboat- a thing of beauty. Recently, we were talking. He was telling me he was going down to check the work of a guy who was cleaning the bottom of his boat. Periodically he has someone do this…
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Two Wolves… A Cherokee Indian legend
“An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight, and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He…
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Who is Your Starfish?
The Starfish Story by Loren Eisley A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean. “Why…