Category: Today’s challenges
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Actions and consequences
Some days I find myself in a total state of wonder, some might call it exasperation with either a family matter, an encounter with someone in the service industry or a work related incident, etc. Over recent times I have been conscious that my response to one of these “wonders” should be considered carefully because…
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Abdicate and Responsibility
I sometimes get consumed with A word. This word is “Abdicate” and is often defined with other words like “relinquish, discard, step aside, resign, giving up without returning”. I have been attentive to the use of this word over past months…royal wedding and the monarchy and the Congressional hearings for the Supreme Court nominee are…
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…Whatever I have done for the least of these…
…my 4th of July offered me a troubling encounter that truthfully, was a slap in the face of humanity… I will share the observation with you and be glad to engage in some other’s perspectives, if you choose… Sitting in a local restaurant, myself, daughter and husband together. Nothing fancy – just a hamburger joint…
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Pump Those Brakes…..
I grew up in a family where there was a lot of poking fun, silliness, joking and even making fun of one another in jest. I was also exposed to “tall tales” that were often exaggerations of real life and truth … often these were teachable moments and many had lasting impressions that helped…
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……Beginnings and endings
……there is a start and a finish to a race; birthdate and date of death; first day of school and last day of school – year or cumulative period of education; a seed in the ground to a bloom that fades/dies with time; first love… only love ..until death do we part; friendships and loss…
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Did I really hear that?
I, like many others may be approaching a time when I strain a little harder to be sure I “hear” what others may say or even be known to turn the TV up a little louder to hear what is being said. I am genuinely interested in what many have to say on a variety…
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…for the people, by the people …. Part 2
…some may not have ready my blog – Part 1 and I certainly did not think there would be a Part 2… I guess I live in the hope of seeing the world through the “rose tinted” glasses and not the “smoke and mirrors” that our “citizen” legislature expects you and me to buy!!!!! HB2…
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..for the people, by the people
….I know this is kind of an interesting heading but it seems that is what is “catching” one’s eyes and interests these days. I, like many of you, have been intrigued, interested, disturbed, maybe outraged, confused and on the list can go over this recent piece of North Carolina legislation – aka, HB2. I must…
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….appropriate
Do you ever get “wrapped around the axle” on either an idea, concept, opinion, etc.? Well, I do occasionally …. (and don’t ask my family the question because they will say I get “obsessed”)! We have moved along in our society to often believe and act on the premise of “anything goes” and is acceptable.…
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The Power of your Words
I have been pushing through a difficult time with my work. It is one of those times when I can see the silver lining ahead if I just keep on going…. In the midst of this exercise and discipline of endurance, I have felt a little “overworked, under-appreciated and under-paid”. Well, truth be told,…