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“‘No’ is a complete sentence.” I read today’s quote and thought, “Huh.” Author Anne Lamott spoke a whole lot of truth with those five words. We can say “no” to someone and not feel obligated to offer our reasons for declining an invitation or for stepping away from an opportunity. We can say “no” and resist someone’s second and third …
There will be times when we are wrong. There will be times when we are right. It comes down to this: What will we do during the wrong times and the right times? Who will we be? When we’re wrong, we can pretend our wrong is right. Or we can close our eyes and ignore our wrong. Or point at …
I don’t want to do anger anymore. I understand that there are going to be times when I get irritated about something or maybe even lose my temper. Life happens, right? But I don’t want to stay angry. I don’t want to be an angry person. I also don’t want to hang around angry people because, well, I can too …
Several people in my family love rainy days … and I have to admit, I don’t. I don’t like driving in the rain when I can’t see the lines in the road. I don’t like having to be out and about in the rain when my shoes get wet. I don’t like what the rain does to my hair. Don’t …
Sometimes we overlook things of value. We may hold the roughest of diamonds in our hands and, not seeing its worth, toss it to the ground like pebble. Diamonds in the rough come in all forms. They can be: a person we meet who causes us grief or who we don’t understand or particularly like. an experience that we’re forced …
“You have to be careful what you anchor your emotions to.” I was talking to a friend a few weeks ago when those words came out of my mouth. She looked at me and said, “That’s a blog post!” And I’ve been mulling what I said ever since then — about how I need to be careful what I …
I’m writing this blog post in a hotel room in Minnesota. A rerun of Iron Chef is on the TV. My husband and daughter are discussing our plans for tomorrow — a college visit and then flying home to Colorado. When I’m done with this blog post, I need to pack. And I’m tired. Of course, I have good reasons …
I almost … almost made this a one word blog post. The one word would have been “How?” How do we “Ruthlessly eliminate hurry”? Dallas Willard’s statement is grand — Stop hurrying — and show no mercy toward anything that stands in your way of slowing down! — but let’s be honest with one another. Eliminating hurry from our lives …
Have you ever gotten an irritating song stuck in your head? You hear it over and over again … Yeah, that kind of repeat is not a good thing. But there are times when a certain song uplifts my mood or touches my heart or even inspires me as I write. And I pull the song up on Spotify …
I wonder how many battles have been won because someone held their ground? Yes, I understand that winning is often seen as advancing — taking something from your opponent. But there’s a very real sense when winning is all about not giving way … not letting your opponent take something from you. At that point, when your adversary is …
