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Finding Time For Each Other

Facebook, I think, has changed how we live and think about ourselves.  I love that I have been able to reconnect with old friends on FB and find out what is going on in their lives; but I hate the fact that looking at Facebook can also make us feel worse about our lives.  Too often, we allow ourselves to compare our lives to those of our friends' on Facebook, and we are led to believe that we come up woefully short.  Everyone’s life “seems” more exciting and glamorous than [...]

By |2018-09-20T06:11:29-05:00September 20th, 2018|General, teamwork, time, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Finding Time For Each Other
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Happiness and Success Through Mary’s Eyes

We are shaped by our environments. My career centers on the tech sector and higher-education. Both worlds can be very performance-driven; the tech sector with its focus on company valuation, innovation and financial performance and higher-education with its focus on research, publications and teacher evaluations. While these worlds do not have to be seen through a performance-driven lense, it is predominately how I saw both worlds. These worlds shaped my definitions of success and happiness and I eventually realized that I had largely viewed success and happiness from these secular [...]

By |2018-09-06T06:12:55-05:00September 6th, 2018|General, happiness, success, Uncategorized|3 Comments
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Mission: Possible

Forgiveness; probably one of the most powerful, yet difficult obstacles in our lives.  We cannot underestimate how important forgiveness is to our faith walk, our relationships, and our overall health; truly a juggernaut in our lives with the potential to heal or destroy.  Too often we hold onto our resentment as if by not forgiving someone, we are getting even with them or returning a hurt. But being unwilling to forgive always ends up hurting the offended, not the offender.  Corrie ten Boom, who was a Nazi concentration camp survivor [...]

By |2018-08-30T06:47:47-05:00August 30th, 2018|forgiveness, General, perspective, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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The Power of a Thankful Heart

There are some things we learn by reading or studying. Some things we learn through experiencing a single event. And then there are things we learn by virtue of being on this earth 60 years (did I actually just admit to being 60!); certain things that have stood the test of time and circumstances. Hopefully, I’ve learned a lot in those sixty years and I don’t claim that what I’ve learned is applicable to you, but I’d like to share two things that have made a difference in my life.  [...]

By |2018-08-23T19:27:07-05:00August 23rd, 2018|General, thankful, Uncategorized|4 Comments
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Pursuit of Perfektion

Everywhere you look, we seem to be enticed by the possibility of perfection.  Eharmony.com can find you the perfect mate.  A certain facial cream provides perfect skin.   Liposuction can help you get the perfect body.  “Cosmo” can tell you how to have perfect sex.  I even saw an advertisement for a prep course that would help you get a perfect score on your SATs!  We are surrounded by these messages that tell us that perfection is obtainable and therefore we ought to pursue it.  Well, I believe that perfection is [...]

By |2018-08-16T21:46:06-05:00August 16th, 2018|General, perspective, Uncategorized|2 Comments
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