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Time and Talents

Why are we so afraid of scarcity when we have theoretical barns full of renewable soft currencies to spend? Money remains our most familiar currency, but what about our time and talents? We spend those too each and every day. I originally wrote this post 2 years ago. The idea sprung from an odd thing

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Search For Safety

It seems to me life feels either like a warzone or a wonderland. Somehow, the middle ground goes unnoticed. And really, I remember more of the times when I feel like I move from one battle to the next. Wonderland memories sink to the bottom of my consciousness. Because of that, I search for safety most

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Anchors Aweigh

For weeks now, my inspiration for new posts lags behind my desire to write new posts. Other writing holds more of my attention. For the second week in a row, I offer you a slightly reworked blast from the past. The post below, originally written in September of 2017 with the same title of Anchors

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Waiting For The Wisdom

Recently, I saw on Facebook a meme that said, “Still waiting for the wisdom that was supposed to come with old age.” Certainly, the writer intended for me to laugh. Instead, the comment struck me off-center. I don’t want to reach my golden years and have only a life of folly to report. I had

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She Still Climbs Mountains

The women in my family do hard things. The candles on my aunt’s birthday cake are inching toward a number that begins with 7. This week we went on an adventure together. As I watched her put one foot in front of another, I thought – She still climbs mountains. Her tenacity inspired me. Do