We run across certain people in our lives who make a lasting impact on us. Sometimes this impact can be great and other times it can be small; yet both have significance to us. Those who impact us greatly are usually obvious and have a life-altering influence on us. However,
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“A goal not written down is a wish.” I have no idea who first said this phrase, but I like it! And, to me, dreams are pretty much the same thing as wishes. If not exactly the same thing, they are at least on the same side of the same
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For some reason, this is a common sentiment among those I interact with at my gym. Very few people are overly-excited about working out and exercising. I mean, it’s hard work! It’s difficult, painful and time-consuming. Half the time, you don’t feel much like doing any of it. Then there’s
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Letting go is never easy; except for those rare times when it is. We all have those moments in life when we know moving on is the best thing for us and we have no problem making that decision and following through. But what about all of the other times
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Let’s face it, Christmas changes for all of us through the years. It would actually be sort of absurd for us to think that it could always stay the same, but I’ve been guilty of exactly that. Now, we could view these changes as either a good thing or bad
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(Several of the concepts referred to in this blog entry are derived from lectures and interviews of Jordan B. Peterson, Ph.d) Do all you can to rule yourself. It is said that it is more difficult to rule yourself than it is to rule a city. There are dreadfully horrible
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Distractions come in all forms. Seems in today’s day and age, there are more distractions available to us than ever before throughout history. With technology ever-expanding there always seems to be something close at hand that can be used as a “quick fix” to take care of our need to
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Growing up in the southeastern United States, I was raised to believe a certain way and to accept many things as a given fact. My social and political belief systems were formulated within me from an early age. There were some challenging ideas along the way, but the majority of
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(The U.S. Dollar and Its Dirty Little Secrets) Economics is one of those subjects that has always seemed overly complicated to me and I never understood why until I became interested in learning more about our domestic currency, the U.S. Dollar. It appears our monetary (banking) system was designed to
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This is a follow-up to my previous post, The Past Doesn’t Exist. In that post, we talked about how constantly ruminating about negative past events can be a source of anxiety and depression and how it can serve as a hindrance to us living the life we truly desire, when
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