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45 Things to Live Well (6-10)

45 Things to Live Well (6-10)
We continue with our 45 simple things to live well.  While not an exhaustive list, these are good ways to start to remove clutter by letting somethings go and diving into others. Lets not lose sight that the goal of this journey is to become more authentic, more whole - more w-holy.   Living well…
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45 Things to Make Life Easier (1-5)

45 Things to Make Life Easier (1-5)
We have gathered a few interesting tidbits of simple things that can go along way to help make life a little easier. Remember, a few small changes over time can have a big impact on enriching the quality of your life.   Allow small changes to be intergrated into your natural rhythm of life -…
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An Uncommon Grace

An Uncommon Grace
  The following is a scene from Les Miserables (1998) starring Liam Neeson.  In this clip we see an encounter between Neeson's character Jean Valjean and a Bishop (Peter Vaughan).     Today, I can identify with Jean Valjean.  A person who sometimes feels there is just no other way or just simply doesn't have…
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Check your Luggage!

Check your Luggage!
As a family, we enjoy road trips.  We like adventuring out to a Kite festival or a vacation destination or just to tour the back-water places of western Canada and the United States.  They are wonderful adventures and along with discovering a lot of interesting things (like carpolite a.k.a petrified dinosaur poo!)  and people, we…
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The Gift of God Now

The Gift of God Now
Sitting in a local Starbucks writing an article about listening and how multi-tasking and the constant drone of noise bombards our auditory sensibilities.  I am aware of the Muzak on the speakers over head, the banter among employees and the dings, bing's and chimes of my iPhone beside me. Oops - what’s that?  I have…
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Not just a Sex Addiction – Pornography

Not just a Sex Addiction – Pornography
There is a great deal written about the toxic aspects of pornography in the lives of people from many walks of life and sadly, this material is far less than the easy, abundant clicks to access mountains of online pornography.   The insidiousness of Internet porn is reaching into the lives of many men (at…
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Winning the Battles in your Mind

Winning the Battles in your Mind
Have you ever been thinking about a situation in your life and before you know it you are engaged in a full-on battle with the various players in your mind?!  They launch out with the argument you expect, to which you fire back a masterfully delivered retort, and back and forth and before you know…
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Don't be Too Quick to Share a Good Idea

Don't be Too Quick to Share a Good Idea
If you are like me you get lots of ideas!  Ideas about a lot of different things - how things can be improved, made more efficient, add more depth to life - lots of them.  I have to admit though, not all those ideas have been good ideas!  I have my fair share of bad…
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The Courage to Live Life Before We Die.

The Courage to Live Life Before We Die.
A friend forwarded me a list from a palliative care nurse. I know it has made its rounds on social media.  That being said, I thought it was quite moving. For those who may not know, palliative care is the care given to those who are dying.  I found the list interesting from the perspective…
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Building Hope

Building Hope
We have been talking about the importance of leaders having real hope and how that can help the people in their teams to move ahead with enthusiasm. However, the past few years of the global financial crisis has really knocked many people's hope levels down. Hopes of a business being successful or of long planned…
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