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Choose your words carefully… Please and Thank you :)

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If a friend of yours,
or someone you respected
told you that you looked sick
today, would you believe them ?
If a complete stranger told you
that you looked sick today
would you believe them ?
If a half a dozen people told you
that you looked sick today
would you believe them ?… —-> Continue…

If you can’t say something nice – look harder

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“If you can’t say something nice,
don’t say anything at all.”

My Mom used to say this when I was a kid,
and I was again reminded of it the other day
while on the phone with someone who
had very little nice to say.… —-> Continue…

Your 7 Lamest Excuses keeping you from…

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When I was… maybe 22 years old, I was introduced to a book called “The Greatest Miracle in the World” by Og Mandino (https://amzn.to/3pOi15I).

I don’t think any book before or since has so resonated with me, and as I look over my life – a good deal of it has been a journey of discovering the evidence to support or disprove such a title and claim.

—-> Continue…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

It’s that time of year again where they play all those songs
that are supposed to put us in the Christmas Spirit.

Among these songs is a more recent one called
“The Christmas Shoes”.
I get a lump in my throat whenever I hear this song
- even more when I’m driving at night alone.… —-> Continue…

Let Them Feel Love…

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For those who do not find themselves celebrating
Valentine’s Day with a significant other,
why not do something… different this year.

Find someone who really needs to feel love – and let them feel loved.

The first part of this may be the hardest – because chances are
you’ve spent a lifetime walking by people who longed to feel loved.… —-> Continue…

So you think you’ve got problems?

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Some time ago I saw a woman whose face
had been severely disfigured from burns.
Several times I caught myself avoiding as much
eye contact as I normally would allow because
it was distracting. And if I’m distracted…
well, you who know me know I have to keep
starting things over and over again if distracted.… —-> Continue…

HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE ME?

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It was a fun night celebrated with friends
that brought me to downtown Portland.
That’s the Oregon one
(pronouned Or-ree-gahn by the out of towners) -
not the one in Maine on the OTHER coast.
It was on the walk back to the car that I saw it.… —-> Continue…

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