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Forging Character
As we go through life we are confronted, rather regularly, by decisions which will alter the course of our individual and collective futures. We must make them. And we must commit to follow-through on...
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Deja-Vu? Again?
Haven’t I been here before? I’ve seen this before! I know what is going to happen! In my life I have experienced two types of deja-vu that I’d like to explore today: the traditional Dreaming deja-vu,...
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What does it mean to live our dreams?
What stops us from living our dreams is a question I would love to answer today (topic of my next article), however, I have learned that before we can address what stops us from living our dreams we...
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What stops us from living our dreams?
Now that we have explored what it actually looks like to live our dreams we must answer the next set of questions that come to mind: What is it that actually stops us from living our dreams? Why don’t...
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Overcoming Fear Itself
In the pursuit of any dream there is always one questions which rises to the surface again and again: How do we overcome our fears and move forward into the future we can see? How do we overcome the...
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What is Love?
Love is a choice. It is not something that happens to us, or that we ‘fall into’, at least not long term. We may ‘fall into’ love initially by feeling something towards another we cannot explain but...
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Receiving the Goodness of Life
I’d always thought that to be blessed by the hand of the Creator in life was an effortless thing. Being blessed was being given a gift that I didn’t have to work for. Being blessed was to be handed...
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Why haven’t you (____) yet?
“Why haven’t you finished writing your book yet?” the man asked patiently. “I don’t have time,” I replied. In response, he replied, “That isn’t true.” He then smiled broadly and continued. “That’s a...
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Commitments of a Better Kind
About a year ago, I began asking myself questions about commitment. I wondered why I was still single and what it really meant to be truly and wholly committed. Wasn’t there anyone out there who I...
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Making a Child’s Day
As I walked through the front door, I heard two little voices excitedly yell from down the hall, “Dan’s home! Dan, will you come play with us?!” 4-year-old Gordon and 6-year-old Grace came running...
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The Key Ingredients of a Happy Life
For many years I misguidedly sought happiness where it didn’t exist. I didn’t understand the principles upon which it flowed. I did things that most people say are important or will make you happy...
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You Were Built for Relationships!
“The way I figure it, YOU were BUILT for relationships!” he said. Sitting in the desert, I poured out my soul to a dear friend Jeff Martin. He had a deep well of wisdom from which to draw, and although...
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When a Loved One Commits Suicide
As an oldest child, I am used to fixing problems—both in my life and in the lives of my siblings. With the suicide of my brother in 2008, for the first time in my life I faced a problem that I couldn’t...
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Transcending Ourselves
Why are we here in this life? The answer is as simple as this: to transcend ourselves. First, what does it mean to transcend ourselves? a.) To transcend means to rise above, go beyond, overpass, or...
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Will You Get Your Hands Dirty?
After moving to Grand Junction Colorado this last year, I began working as a chimney sweep. Since then, I have cleaned quite a few chimneys. And you may find this surprising, but cleaning chimneys has...
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Best Day of My Life
Remember when the best days of your life were filled with simple things–when things like catching a butterfly, chasing a lightning bug, being hugged or tickled by someone you loved, reading a good...
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Spring Cleaning
My wife and I are currently packing up our house getting ready to move. It is amazing how many things have accumulated in the closets and drawers of our lives. Every drawer we open and closet we clean...
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