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21 Reasons To Decide What You Are Doing With Your Life

What is indecision anyway? And what exactly happens in our hearts when we are indecisive? How do we make a decision? Why do we need to make decisions? Is indecision really so bad? I can’t decide. The Free Dictionary describes indecision this way: Reluctance or an…

August 31, 2012
Personal Growth

Stuck in a Rut and Splattering Crud

Ruts of the mind are commonplace. They happen to all of us from time to time. We get stuck thinking a certain way about a situation and don’t change or take needed action. We just sit there spinning. Just as a tire stuck in…

August 30, 2012
Personal Growth

Don’t Blink – Your Season is Now

While walking with my son at the park, something caught my eye on the path just ahead. It was a leaf. I had seen it drop, spiraling from the tree just moments earlier. It landed without a sound about six feet in front of…

August 24, 2012
Personal Growth

I’m Doing Great, Thanks!

As I walked into a retail store recently to perform a mystery shopping job, I was greeted, “Hi, how are you?” The greeting seemed kind but robotic. I responded with a smile and a brief, “Fine, thanks.” “Oh rats!” I thought. “I didn’t mean…

August 23, 2012
Personal Growth

Loose Change Didn’t Get Us To Switzerland

When Michael and I got married, our dream was to honeymoon in Switzerland. We didn’t have much money, so we decided to save all of our change in Mason jars till the wedding and “Hopefully” we thought, “It will be enough to buy us plane tickets…

August 16, 2012
Personal Growth

The Horse Whisperer Whispered Something To Me

If any of you have ever seen the movie “The Horse Whisperer” you will remember the part of the horse whisperer being played by Robert Redford. The actual horse whisperer, the one that the movie was based on, is a man named Buck Brannaman.…

August 14, 2012
Personal Growth

What Season Are You In?

“Seasons change – let them change” ~Sylvia Good The squirrels have been more active the last week or so, and so have the school busses. I actually just saw leaves falling off of a tree today as well. The signs are immanent that summer is starting to…

August 10, 2012
Personal Growth

Results Of My StrengthFinder Test Are In

The results are in for my StrengthFinder 2.0 test. And whoa, people, if you have never done this, let me just say it is powerful! I was amazed that the book knew me so well! I think it was the result of that little old…

August 9, 2012
Personal Growth

Why Gray Is Crap

The light is a gift; but the local color can only be seen by the one who looks for it long and steadily. ~Henry Van Dyke Sometimes the road ahead is blocked, at least the sight of it. It is blocked by boulders. They…

August 8, 2012