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Put it into Perspective

When you think about what others are going through, it really puts your "challenges" into perspective. Tonight I spoke to my friend, one of the sweetest women I know. We had not talked in a while, and I forgot she lived in Baton Rouge.…
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Just Maybe the Real Fix is Easier, Faster, and Better than the "Quick" Fix

The house was a foreclosure so I got a great deal on it, but it's about the same age as me. In this house, I (personally) have painted, helped lay tile, fixed or attempted to fix plumbing (toilets...all three, kitchen sink...several times, washer/dryer), help to remove squirrels both dead and newborn, replaced locks and even doors, killed insects...lot of spiders, and much more.
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But it’s SO Hard to Understand

Hurt is an understatement of how if feels when people you love or people who can do harm to you don't understand you or your situation. You can't control anyone else, and you can't make anyone listen, like you, relate, or even care. But you can control you. And you can try to be a more understanding person. I'm crazy enough to believe that eventually the understanding will be returned to you.
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10 Lessons it Took Me 37 Years to Learn

However, in the last few years, I have made deliberate efforts to celebrate myself. My life.
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Make Your Life Count: One Weekend, Two Funerals, and Three Things I Learned

For the first time in my life, I attended the homegoing services of two people in one weekend. One was for a woman who had lived a long, full life and the other...she was my age. Only thirty-six years old. In totally different ways but both…
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Everything Comes Full Circle

Many times in life we wonder why certain things happen to us or why we meet certain people. And often, we don't think twice about some events or some people. But one thing I have seen over and over again in my life is that... Everything…