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Day 77: Visit
It was another long day with obligations running well into the evening…. Our family dog is still at a veterinary hospital, but stable. We had all agreed to go and visit the dog, but as our schedules worked out, we … Continue reading
Day 76: Calm
Well, this is not the post I was planning on writing this evening…. We had a bit of a family pet emergency. Still not sure exactly what happened, but our family dog went into major intestinal distress, resulting in a … Continue reading
Day 73: Attend
I was on the road today, another five hour drive, but this time down to Florida to give a presentation. At 11am, my phone’s calendar alarm went off with an event reminder. I glanced at my phone to read the … Continue reading
Day 70: Encourage
I’m sure it would sound a lot less selfish if I were talking about encouraging others, but today my focus is really all about me. I’m reminded of the “cour” in encourage; it’s a reference to the heart. To be … Continue reading
Day 65: Unwind
I guess I mean that word in a particular way–as in: Now that you’ve gotten yourself so wound up, do you think you might be able to unwind? Much as I would like to imagine myself as serenely floating through my … Continue reading
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Day 54: Support
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how I had an easier time taking the lead than I did following someone else’s suggestions. While I hadn’t thought of it this way at first, it turns out that today’s focus … Continue reading
Day 51: Mend
For the past 50 days, I have managed to blog every day, and to get something posted before the stroke of midnight. That is, until last night. Here’s what happened. I had packed up all the books that I was … Continue reading
Day 44: Breathe
OK, so today was a major thaw day, but it was also yet another day of kids and parents at home during a work/school week. As I’ve written about before, remaining housebound for too long can put me on edge. … Continue reading
Day 38: Release
Since yesterday was about being too much into tomorrow, I suppose today should be about yesterday, right? Or something like that. About two years back, I bought an e-book version of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Your True Home and loaded it … Continue reading
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Day 37: Hope
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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