Archive for the 'Meditations' Category

When Taking the Next Step

This week, I've been looking for a new used car. Nothing too fancy. On top of slaving to finish the basement before the darkness of winter saps my energy, my wife has helped me realize that I need new wheels. Now that I'm driving Ellie to school, my 1990 Honda Civic wagon, beauty that she is, doesn't cut it. No airbags, no all-wheel drive, no
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Free Yourself

  It's strange blogging. I've said before it's like taking your shirt off in front of the class. It feels sort of wrong to do it. Which is probably why so many people like it. But other people do it for traffic. I've done that before, but I don't really care about that anymore. I actually like not being anyone special. Can you
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The One Rule for Writing Great

Let our minds be told all they need to know by the empathy of our hearts from the pictures you paint.

How will they know?

Meditation Psalm 139   “Even before there is a word on my tongue, God, You know it all.”   Why don’t we know how beautiful we are to you? You know our very thoughts. Why don’t we know how beautiful we are? You listen for our every sound. Why don’t we know?   “You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid your hand on
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Balance for the Writer

I find the phrase, “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should” works for so many things. When a woman is wearing earrings too big for her neck to reasonably hold up. When I feel like giving my snarkier answer. When my 3-year-old decides she needs to stand up on the swings: Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
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