How We Create Magic with Handwritten Notes

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@bethvogt     I accepted a challenge this week. Not a physical challenge involving upping my exercise. Not a health challenge to decrease my calories or carbs. Not a decluttering challenge to attack my closets or my garage. What did I say yes to? I accepted an invitation to a Five-Day Card and Note Writing Challenge, thanks to my writer …

In Others’ Words: Listen and Learn

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We all have certain morning routines — habits we’ve fallen into.  Things like: waking up at a certain time  eating the same breakfast drinking coffee or tea exercising or maybe taking our dogs for a walk getting out the door and on the road at the same time What if we started off each day determining to talk less and …

In Others’ Words: Seeing the Invisible

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Growing up can limit our vision. When we’re young, we imagine just about anything is possible. And what is imagination but seeing with our mind’s eye? We see the faraway lands in fairy tales … we envision all sorts of creatures and quests … and yes, we even see how our lives would be different, given the chance. But then …

In Others’ Words: Time Requirement

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  Each of us is striving toward a different goal, but whatever we want to accomplish requires the same thing: skill, and effort, and time.  Sometimes, more than anything else, the time required to reach our goals trips us up. We feel good about ourselves when we’re learning a skill. We feel good about effort of any kind. Pursuing a …