Tag: Encouragement
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Upgrade Your Value Meal? Or Change Someone’s World? It’s Our Choice…
[NOTE: This was originally published back in 2014 when I was blogging anonymously on a self-created page entitled “Just a Thought Devotionals.” Just revisted this specific blog today and wanted to bring it over to this page. The only substantive changes are in the timeline referenced. Instead of “5 years” you can now insert “20…
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Notes Along the Journey 05: To Serve and To Care
The inspiration for this particular blog comes from a marvelous work by Paul Kalanithi entitled “When Breath Becomes Air.” It is a very open and transparent book written by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, who was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in 2013 at the age of 36. He would die two years later while working…
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Random Thoughts: Mark 1
Note: This is another case in which the blog isn’t really intentional per se. Over the years of my spiritual journey, I have tried to include daily Bible reading as part of my regimen. Now, I’ll be honest… sometimes I do well in terms of Bible reading (if we think of it solely as a…
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Notes Along the Journey 04: Aspirations, Daydreams, and Discipline
Note: By way of reminder… This particular stream of blogs is really just “online journaling” for me. I’m basically recording some of my own more personal thoughts for future reference. Not sure if they will have any relevance for anyone else who takes the time to read these. In this case, the source of my…
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Generational Gaps and the Problem with Today’s Youth
I’ll be honest right here at the beginning. The title for this specific blog was meant to be a “hook.” It is bait that I intentionally used to reel in my potential audience. It works like this. Some people clicked the link because they immediately agreed. Others clicked the link because they were instantly angered.…
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Notes Along the Journey 03: Direction vs. Destination
Remember, these are mainly for myself. Diary entries of a sort… It might or might not have any value for you, the reader 🙂 Just saying. “I’ve never cared much for destinations… Give me a direction…” ~ Matthew McConaughey, “Greenlights” That was the portion of his book that I happened upon this morning. Just a…
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Obstacles or Opportunities
Obstacles or opportunities… I know we are all familiar with that philosophy. (In fact, most of you reading this could elaborate on it way better than I can.) But my grandson reminded me afresh this past weekend that our perception really can be key as we journey through this life. While at the local trampoline…
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We Are Where We Are
“We are where we are.” ~ Michael J. Fox, from his book “Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist” I am an avid reader. Always have been. Probably always will be. I inherited my love of reading from my mother. She was a voracious reader. She seemingly always had a book in her…
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Burn. Or Warm. Change Is a Choice…
Just my two cents (mainly posting this as a written reminder for myself)… As I scroll through my Facebook feed currently, I see so many hurting people during this season. Many of them are fighting a desperate struggle against loss, loneliness, and isolation. Just think what it could mean if we all worked to turn…
Be The Change 180 