Who Do You Think You Are?

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Learning to Value Ourselves More by @bethvogt   I didn’t participate in school sports. Oh, sure, I played the required PE activities where you wait to get picked for a team, hoping you’re not last. And I remember the games of kickball and dodgeball during recess in elementary school – back when schools allowed kids to play dodgeball. Kicking a …

In Others’ Words: Realistic Boundaries

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, Quotes, Reality 8 Comments

I love the honesty of this quote.  Oh, sure, there have been times when I wanted to believe I could do it all. But thinking I was some amazingly talented Superwoman was, at the least, unrealistic. Put it another way, that kind of thinking was just plain ridiculous. Life became much more livable when I realized my boundaries: what I’m …

In Others’ Words: Only You

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, Life, Uncategorized 28 Comments

There are some things only  I can do. Being me, for example. Nobody else can be me. Brilliant deduction, I know. I spent some time — too much time, to be honest — doubting myself. (Yes, yes, I’ve admitted this before, so I won’t belabor it again.) Lesson learned: Spend too much time doubting yourself and you spend too little …