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Deck Stacking

“Be as you wish to seem.” — Socrates  Trying something new? Setting new goals? Approaching new and exciting endeavors? Would you like to play a much bigger game and guarantee your own success? Stack the deck in your favor! Set yourself up for success. Following are a few tips to keep in mind while you’re stepping …

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Don’t Follow Your Dreams

“Follow your dreams.” “Chase your dreams.” “Go after your dreams.” Though well-intended, I think this is terrible advice. If you want to live your dreams- STOP CHASING THEM! That’s right- STOP CHASING YOUR DREAMS! Rather, get out there in front of them and allow them to chase you. Become the person that such dreams would …

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A Thousand Lives

The following is a piece written by my late grandmother, Dorothy “Dott” Adair (08/13/1931 – 11/14/2012). A woman of compassion, creativity, talent, intelligence, class, beauty, and entrepreneurship. One of my life’s greatest and grandest teachers.  My grandmother and my daughter A Thousand Lives I know I’ve lived a thousand lives And I will live again …

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Father’s Day

I frequently consider how incredible men are. Father’s Day seems like a fine time to put these thoughts and this gratitude into written form. International Men’s Day would also be a great time, but I’ve chosen to indulge in this opportunity as well. (Pictured below are a few prominent men in my own life.) Happy …

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Without

To all those who’ve lost direction and hope along the way- You are not alone. He forever saw the beauty in the outside world around him, But never saw the beauty that he carried deep within.  He begged for peace that never seemed to come, For he’d long forgotten that peace comes only from within. …

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Begin

Ever have an inspired thought or idea? I’m guessing so, I mean who hasn’t! We allow most of our inspired ideas to come and go, never following up on them. Never taking action. Oftentimes it’s because we don’t know the “how’s,” or we think it simply wouldn’t be possible. The voices in our head throw …

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Glistening Web

I dashed out the front door early in the morning prepared for another day’s work. A step or two down my front walkway I couldn’t help but notice the web that’d been built overnight in the butterfly bush that I hadn’t trimmed back at the end of last season.  I stopped and checked it out. …

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What Is Forever

Does anything but love last forever. And what is forever anyway. Thoughts to ponder not questions to answer. If energy cannot be created and cannot be destroyed then what is life and what is death? None of us are here forever, or are we? If we are energy {which we are} then we can’t be destroyed. …

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10 Year Challenge

A 10 Year Challenge- Is this actually a thing? Over the last week or so, opening social media has meant seeing photos that your friends are posting of themselves 10 years ago and a photo of themselves in current times. Not feeling engaged in it, I hadn’t partaken until now.  A bit more fun to …

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