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“Take a stand; make a change…”
Donna requested, about two months ago, that I write about new beginnings. So that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Let it never be said that the mPower bloggers never did anything for the people! Change is an interesting thing. It can be exciting. It can be scary. It can be welcomed. It can be [...]
Doors
Several months ago, my husband and I chaperoned a weekend-long activity for youth, ages 14-18. Now, many of you know that I have six little people to watch out for on a given day–but, on these two days, the task my husband & I had “parenting” approximately sixteen young men and young women was a [...]
Where knowledge ends…
In the 1970s, a movie came out called Lost Horizon. Never heard of it? You’re in good company; it flopped in the box office, and was never released on VHS or DVD. (Fun fact: Burt Bacharach and Hal David did the music.) I know the movie because my mother knew the music, and I learned [...]
Finding Joy in the Journey
During our lives, we go through many changes. As a child, we grow, go to school and learn many of the important lessons of life, such as gratitude, accepting our differences and how to love one another. As an adult, we also go through growth, schooling (although not always in a formal setting) and learning [...]
Sunshine On My Shoulder Makes Me Happy
I love sunshine. It is like my favorite thing ever!!! I can go outside and get a tan soaking beneath the radiant rays of awesomeness. I love to wear sunglasses, baseball caps and short-sleeves to insure appropriate sun exposure as I lay under the brilliant shining light. Nothing seems better than the feeling on sunshine [...]
Be the Bigger Person…Just don’t become a Giant
Being a giant may come in handy for some people, like MBA basketball stars, but for most of us becoming giants in an emotional sense will give us more of a Gulliver’s Travels complex. So often we hear the coined phrase: be the bigger person. Usually what warrants this often unwanted advice is some kind [...]
The Greatest Adversary
I am a nerd. For any of you who’d disagree with me, I’ll prove it to you by the following statement: I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation recently (now do you believe me? lol), and some random guest star scientist dude was chatting with Wesley Crusher, the teenage son of Dr. Beverly Crusher. [...]
Knowledge is Power
I’ve been thinking about motivation and knowledge and how they are connected for me. There has been a particular experience which has caused me to draw a line between them. I heard a quote once that went like this “To know and not do is to really not know”. I have found a lot of [...]
My Blind Side
I recently watched the movie “The Blind Side” for the first time. For those of you unfamiliar with the film, it’s about a young man from the inner city who is taken in by a well-to-do family, and who eventually grows up to achieve success as a college student and later as a pro football [...]
Commitment
These one-word titles that begin with the letter “C” seem to be popular lately: “Connection,” “Compassion,” and now “Commitment.” Funny, huh? Well, since I made my commitment to all of you last week to work on my attitude, I wanted to let you know how I was doing. And as much as I would love to [...]
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