Being real isn’t easy. It isn’t commonly practiced. It isn’t valued. Yet some folks have the idea that it’s becoming too common and we need to be careful about being transparent. They don’t agree we should promote more honesty and openness. Make no mistake, there is a battlefield over vulnerability. “…but once you are real you can’t become unreal again.
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It’s true now as it’s been true so often before. I have to back up. I’m trying too hard. How do I let go, not try so hard? Do I have to give up? Walk away? Maybe come back later when I’m not so focused on the result and can remember to enjoy the process. I can get so results-oriented,
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It’s still early. That’s true. A true sentence. Regardless of how little there is left of the day, it’s still early. There’s time yet to write the daily clutch of words. Despite the fact that my brain is doing its usual whirring with all the things to get done, the manuscripts needing edits, consult calls to make, talks and articles
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Distraction – The day has just started and I haave 24 new emails. I don’t have time to fix that typo… The Wikipedia entry for distraction is here. It's basically "divided attention." " Here are 2 pics from that page. I fought to read today’s entry in Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest. (I at least know this much, that
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In the closing month of 2008, Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion released these findings: 20% of Americans said they have “heard God’s voice” 55% feel they are protected by a guardian angel 23% say they have witnessed a miraculous physical healing In a similar survey in 2005, 67% of Americans were convinced heaven exists. Dick Staub made an
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