Category: journey
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Smelling Roses
The last month or so I have been working non-stop on my projects. There are many events that I have promised to make my bags for…each one an opportunity for fundraising and spreading awareness for our work. It is exciting and at the same time I have found myself consumed with it. For 12 or…
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Self-Help
Someone was quoting Anthony Robbins to me the other day. If you don’t recognize the name, he is a “motivational speaker” and has sold millions of books and audio materials, for many years now. We support, as a society, countless motivational speakers. We buy their books, go to their seminars, sign up for weekends of…
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Ruts
When “we are constantly doing the same thing and expecting different results”…that is the definition of stupid…and that defines many of us . We behave the same way in our relationships, work, finances…we don’t change anything…and we wonder why nothing changes?? We think that awareness itself will make the difference, because we are aware of…
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What Homework?
How many of us actually read Proverbs? I know that I had good intentions. The desire was there. Using the lack of time and privacy as an excuse is nothing more than a cop out. I have no excuse for ignoring God’s word…I have needed it many times over the last few weeks. Why the…
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Homework…
This next week or so I might not be able to post up anything. With the traveling coming up there is a good chance that I have no Internet available. This same reason is what I have for not posting every day in the last few weeks. What I want to leave you with is…
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Example
So many of us go through our lives not realizing that we are being watched. Our friends, coworkers and children watch us all the time. They watch our attitudes and the examples we set when facing challenges. It would be nice if they didn’t watch…then we could throw tantrums and spew venomous language out with…
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Short Cuts…
My husband and I were driving in Dar Es Salaam the other day. It’s quite a convoluted town, but we knew where we were going. We had a map, of sorts, and we were confident. Next thing you know we missed our turn off, and then when considering a turnaround we saw a large accident…
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Quick Fix
We are surrounded by a society that promises us a quick fix…rapid weight loss, instant relationship change, and how to get rich fast. I know that they don’t work. I have them. And over time I’ve tried enough of them to know that they are just headlines to sell books and magazines. If it took…
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Mirror…
There are many days when I don’t like what I see in the mirror. I see a reflection of a tired and blotchy face…and does that make me smile? Not really. Many of us see a face that is judging all the flaws…and not the face that other people actually see. I look a lot…