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Oxygen, please

In 1989, I flew from Florida to Rhode Island to attend a friend’s wedding. Not an unusual distance in this day and age nor an unfamiliar reason to travel this distance.  I didn’t go alone. I traveled with my then 4-month-old and his 17-month-old sister. And It was just me…with them… Now, I don’t know about you but do you ever look back and think to yourself how in the world did I ever do…

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Monday Meanderings #5

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou Art Journal by Canson Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast Is He Worthy? Andrew Peterson  

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build anyway

My kids grew up playing with unit blocks. I can’t tell you the number of hours we’d build cities and fortresses during those early years. One day after spending much time using every block in our double set, we sat back to enjoy the incredible structure we had built together. I asked my oldest then 7 and 6 years of age what would happen if their 3-year-old brother came over and knocked off a block? “We’d just put…

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underdog

Who here would remember the cartoon of my childhood, Underdog?  It is along the lines of other similar cartoon themes of the day where the hero is the one least likely to succeed, who bumbles his way to defeating the archenemy. Somehow the mistakes work out in the end to save the day. Here’s what today’s paradox reminds us. Don’t overlook the person least likely in your mind to succeed. Looks are deceiving! The underdog…

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The paradox – think big

  While we think big we get there with small steps. A kindness, a grace-filled word, practical deeds. Steps that are quick and focused on the next step. Sometimes there may be a leap involved. Take action and don’t give up thinking big.

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