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The Mountains Win Again
#TBT a day late. This one comes to you from 1994. Do you remember what you were doing then? It was a year of transition for me. 94′ was a year that sort of redefined my life. I had left the Navy and began searching for what was next. I was in neutral. But, we…
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#TBT Feb 10 A Day Late And A Dollar Short
#TBT from February 10, 2018. This Uber trip popped up in the FB memory machine today. I know I am a day late and a dollar short, as usual. Speaking of dollars… My passenger, David, demonstrated a powerful tool for purposeful kindness. Besides being a brave soul, working in open space on the top of…
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#TBT February 2, 2023 On The Turning Away
“Just a world that we all must share.It’s not enough just to stand and stare.Is it only a dream that there’ll be,No more turning away?” Friends, It has been minute… The Kindness Club is a small group, but growing! For those new to the group, I thought I would introduce myself and provide a little…
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#TBT Roll With The Changes
If this last year has taught me anything it’s that you must accept change and adapt. This great ball of confusion never stops turning. If anything, it only spins faster. If you don’t learn to roll with the changes, you will fly right off into space like a kid flying off a merry-go-round spinning too…
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Stormy Monday In October
October is my favorite month of the year. I love the changes in colors and the cooler air. I feel more alive. But with that fresh picked joy comes some intense emotion and anxiety. It’s the same every year. I feel greater joy and greater anti-joy at the same time. There is a powerful connection…
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These Walls
Life is… Hard. Difficult. Painful. Isolating. Lonely. Beautiful. Full of light. Loving. Precious. Inspiring. If you have ever felt any of those emotions, one thing is certain. You are alive. We tend to build walls to protect ourselves from the painful parts of life. Constantly we build those barriers, brick by brick as life wears…
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The Checklist
#drivingawaydepression Sully!! What an awesome pilot whose actions saved the lives of everyone on US Airways flight 1549 when they struck multiple geese and had to land in the Hudson river. It has since been called the Miracle on the Hudson. Miracle? Maybe. Or just incredibly well trained and experienced pilots. A pilot is trained…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: Sisyphus
“We like to think we are rational beings who occasionally have an emotion and flick it away,” and carry on being rational. But rather, she says: “We are emotional, feeling beings; who, on rare occasions, think.”Brené Brown Let me start with a small introduction on Sisyphus. “Sisyphus was a cruel Greek king who was punished…
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Heart Of Gold
On this often difficult and sometimes painful journey of life, we all find ourselves searching for a heart of gold. I think what those lyrics mean for me is an internal quest. Perhaps that is what Young meant. Of my attempts and my own failings, I am constantly looking for that heart of gold within…
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StreetLights On A Saturday Night: The Longest Trip Part 2 of 2.
March 4, 2019 StreetLights on a Saturday Night The Longest Trip part 2 of 2. As I made my way back up I35 from Waco, I received a request in Midlothian. The pickup location was 30 minutes from my current position, just north of Czech Stop. I accepted the trip. If not, I wasn’t going…
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