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Where’s Your Focus?
It occurs to me – today, on Veteran’s Day, 2015, often times distractions are disruptive to our “end game”. Where are you looking today? To self? To friends? To God? To “stuff”? I’ll admit, there are times I take my eye off the ball. A friend, Hami, told me earlier this week that “to judge your past actions based on…
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No Whining Zone
I was reading a post on LinkedIn today about people who are successful. One of the eight requirements was “not to whine”. Hello! I was thinking rather than say what not to do, wouldn’t it be better to reverse it to a positive? Be thankful. Be so seriously grateful that there isn’t any room for doubt, failure, or negative thoughts…
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One of Those Days…
Do you ever have a day that just seems to be out of synch? Maybe there is nothing really “wrong”, but somehow it feels like there should be? Life is a series of cycles, it seems to me. Sun up, sun down. Tide in, tide out. Mountains and valleys. New moon, full moon – yes, things ebb and flow, don’t…
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September – by Helen Hunt Jackson
The golden-rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. The gentian’s bluest fringes Are curling in the sun; In dusty pods the milkweed Its hidden silk has spun. The sedges flaunt their harvest, In every meadow nook; And asters by the brook-side Make asters in the brook, From dewy lanes…
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Thanks, Mom & Dad!
Many years ago, when I was in high school, my parents listened to my plea for a new flute. The one I was playing was a “student” model, and I just couldn’t progress on it. One Saturday Dad drove us to a music store – Royal Music, in Royal Oak, MI, about an hour, or so, away from where we lived. I…
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Getting Jazzed
Life is so interesting, don’t you think? Just when you hit a brick wall, an escape route “magically” appears. This week has been a collection of challenges, obstacles and wonder. I’m very excited to see how things unfold. The new project is coming along, and I’ve been collaborating with some of my friends. It’s always fascinating to me to learn…
