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Day 56: Intend

Posted on February 25, 2014 by joshdaddy

I have been a little down on myself over the past couple of days. I’ve started to see some things slip. The past two mornings, my alarm has been set for 6:15am instead of 6am, which means I haven’t had … Continue reading →

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Day 48: Appreciate

Posted on February 17, 2014 by joshdaddy

Early on in this process (all of 48 days ago), I wrote that I was going to keep these blog posts as short–and as simple–as I could. Today is certainly one of those days when I need to remind myself … Continue reading →

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Day 47: Underthink

Posted on February 16, 2014 by joshdaddy

I tend to overthink. And as an old friend of mine used to say: “When I’m in my head, I’m behind enemy lines.” I’ve been traveling today–drove about 300 miles, just me and the road for five hours. I’m going … Continue reading →

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Day 43: Restore

Posted on February 12, 2014 by joshdaddy

Well, so far Part II of Atlanta’s Winter Weather Advisory doesn’t look too bad. The “wintery mix” showed up around 1am, mostly in the form of snow. It changed over to ice somewhere around 7am this morning, and it’s still … Continue reading →

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Day 37: Hope

Posted on February 6, 2014 by joshdaddy

So I found myself thinking a lot about the word “hope” this morning–mostly because I was writing the word “hope” over and over again on little, yellow sticky notes. An organization called Hope House was scheduled to come by sometime … Continue reading →

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Day 35: Engage

Posted on February 4, 2014 by joshdaddy

Over the weekend, I heard an older man sharing with a group of people two pieces of good news. The first was that his daughter had recently published a book on the need for civility in our society. He spoke … Continue reading →

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Day 24: Center

Posted on January 24, 2014 by joshdaddy

The other day, I was sitting around with some Friends and got to thinking about “centers”–as in finding your center; getting centered, centering yourself, etc. It struck me that I wasn’t entirely sure if we find or make our centers. … Continue reading →

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Day 18: Slow

Posted on January 18, 2014 by joshdaddy

So the first thing I ate this morning were two or three of these small, red grapes I bought at the store the other day. They were a perfect balance of sweet and tart–a great wake-up for my mouth in … Continue reading →

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Day 8: Listen

Posted on January 8, 2014 by joshdaddy

After two extra days of kids at home, everyone is back to their hurried morning schedules. As I suspected, it’s been a lot more of a challenge to keep it simple and take time for quiet. Still, I managed to … Continue reading →

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Day 7: Look

Posted on January 7, 2014 by joshdaddy

Cleaning out my pantry and getting rid of old t-shirts is the easy stuff. Clearing out the clutter in my mind is going to take a whole lot longer…. I am still doing my morning sitting and my quiet drive … Continue reading →

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