Stress is chosen-not something that happens to you. How you react to that proposition is likely an indication of how you handle life’s ups...
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I remember as a news reporter covering a story about a garbage man who was believed to be buried alive at a landfill. Somehow the poor man had gotten lost in the trash and fallen into the landfill so deeply that, despite the search efforts, he couldn’t be found and was presumed to have...
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My car is starting to make a puttering sound? I know that’s not a technical term but to me it means it may be time to take it in and have a mechanic give that puttering sound a name or, better yet, just give...
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I write this column to help heal the pain of anyone who has lost a loved one. Eight years ago, my father passed away leaving an incredible and sometimes unbearable ache in my heart. But one recent Sunday, I returned to the Thai temple...
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“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” ~ Benjamin Franklin A lot of us continually make excuses as to why we can’t have...
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There is a pandemic disease in our country—thought pollution. Thought pollution is the random and continuous stream of negative thoughts that fill our head. It’s the over-thinking, repeatedly analyzing,...
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