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Dec 11, 20225 min read
Seeing Rightly, Taming Each Other
“I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being. I am aware that we do not save each other very often....
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Nov 4, 20226 min read
No More Mind Reading
"Cognitive distortions: Mind reading - Inferring a person's possible or probable (usually negative) thoughts from their behavior and...
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Oct 28, 20224 min read
Sawubona, Say What?
"We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging." Dr. Hunter...
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Oct 24, 20224 min read
It's About Belonging, Not Belongings and The Stories We Tell
“It is the Windigo way that tricks us into believing that belongings will fill our hunger, when it is belonging that we crave.” Dr....
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Oct 4, 20224 min read
Attached to the Community? It's On Us
“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. ...
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Sep 29, 20224 min read
Chill - It Can Be Done
"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out" Rodney Dangerfield, comedian According to news and local sources...
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Sep 18, 20224 min read
Make a Connection, Not an Impression
“You can make more friends in two months becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people...
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Aug 29, 20224 min read
Fence Or A Welcome Sign?
Compassionate people ask for what they need. They say no when they need to, and when they say yes, they mean it. They're compassionate...
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Aug 23, 20224 min read
Me Do Dat Sometimes Too
“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.”- Brené Brown. A remarkable scene unfolded...
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Aug 14, 20221 min read
Keeping Our Eyes Open
"The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is...
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Jul 15, 20224 min read
How To Deal With Jack-Arses
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. ...
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Jul 13, 20224 min read
Becoming Human
“It is love, has been love, will always be love that makes the biggest difference in our world.” ― Scott Stabile, self described love...
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Jul 1, 20224 min read
Feeding Off Each Other
“A good half of the art of living is resilience.” ― Alain de Botton, contemporary philosopher and author How would you like to be more...
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Jun 14, 20226 min read
If You Really Knew Me, You'd Know...
"It's very hard to hate someone if you look them in the eye and recognize them as a human being." Maya Angelou, poet and author Maybe it...
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May 10, 20223 min read
Often We Need a Good Ear Not Advice
Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated. Jill Bolte Taylor I would like to say this has only happened once or...
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May 5, 20223 min read
Unchecked Assumptions Can Screw Up The Works
"It's sad that we never get trained to leave assumptions behind." Sebastian Thrun, CEO, entrepreneur, computer scientist Unchecked...
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Apr 14, 20224 min read
What the World Needs Now Is Love
I’ve been reading and thinking about this thing we call “love” (a close cousin to compassion) for many years. I’ve read various theories...
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Apr 8, 20225 min read
How Can I Emotionally Support Someone?
Recently, I was over my head in …situations while staying at my son’s home while he and his wife vacationed. Did I mention there are...
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Mar 31, 20224 min read
Dying Well
The art of living well and the art of dying well are one. Epicurus I know it's coming up - Mother's Day, but my mother is dead. Now I am...
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Mar 29, 20224 min read
Should You Forgive? Why? How?
Life is an adventure in forgiveness. American author, Norman Cousins My father died in 2006. A few days after his service my mother and I...
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