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Should You Continue? adventure identity life mindset purpose Nov 15, 2025

You are on a long journey and you finally reach your destination. Now what, now that you have arrived? Should you continue?

You’ve planned this adventure for a long time. Weeks or months; maybe most of...

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Crossroads crossroads hope life mindet synchronicity Jul 21, 2025

“Sorry,” he said, “sorry,” as he wedged himself between my window seat overlooking the sea and the wall outlet destined to recharge his phone.

He then sat at my table, directly across from my steaming ...

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Use It or Lose It action happiness inspiration life mindset Mar 24, 2025

The phrase applies to more than you think. Most of us will immediately think of vacation time or paid time off or sick days as dictated by some corporate entity as a form of incentive. But “use it or ...

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The Rock gratitude life mindfulness mindset transformation Mar 10, 2025

The rock was here, mixed in with thousands of other rocks in the gravel driveway, when the house was built in ’59. It was here when my dad bought the house in 1968, a big house with a big pool in the ...

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The Living and the Dead consciousness death gratitude life mindset Mar 04, 2024

Here we are again. Another diagnosis of horrible, life-ending disease for someone I love. If you live long enough, you experience these tragic pronouncements with increasing frequency. The excruciatin...

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