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Blog #732: I Give It 15 Names

Sometimes...Some days...Some moments... Reality stings extra hard. ______ Stings have many names. Invalidated. Invisible. Ridiculed. Humiliated. Blamed. Heartbroken. Ignored. Insulted. Cheated. Forgotten. Devalued. Offended. Rejected. Disrespected. Betrayed. I have...

Blog #731: Shouldn’t We Ask?

“Is it working?” Honest answers may be brutal to consider.But since we get only one shot at this living thing... Shouldn't we ask? ______ The question is not one everybody will answer. I mean, really... Who among us wants to take a walk through their own life crap and...

Blog #730: Belittle Yourself Much?

I reached the end of my hike and came acrosstwo preschoolers playing on a giant dirt hill. With their dad keeping a watchful eye on them...I shouted to the boy who had reached the top. “Are YOU the king of the mountain?” He shouted back:“No. I'm the kin’ of the dirt!”...

Blog #729: I Sat Next To One

We might not see them...But they're everywhere. They've risen from the ashes. On a recent flight…I sat next to one. ______ When you’re taller… You consider it a small miracle when you get a rare seat with extra legroom in the emergency section on Southwest. On Sunday,...

Blog #728: Do You See Both?

"Where am I?""Where do I want to be?" Two questions honored with honest answers. ______ Do you know yours? When I sincerely assess my life with heart, mind, and time…I see two photos of myself as I look into myself. Photo #1: I see what I love about my life. It’s good...

Blog #727: The Ones That Haunt

Maybe…We screwed up big in life a couple of times. And maybe…Those moments still haunt our core. (If you relate, I wrote this blog for YOU.) ______ Brutally bad decisions come in many forms. Some majors? She totaled her car.She missed her insurance payment.She has...

Blog #726: An Email from “Dude”

Ready or not...Our 2026 adventure has begun! What will you create this year? Change?Consistency?Opportunity?Inspiration?Happiness?Harmony?Health? ______ Choose one. Or two.Or three. Or choose all seven. As you begin to ponder and plan 2026...Let me nudge your brain...

Blog #725: My 2026 Secret?

It goes by too fast. I graduated from college in 1985.It's 2026. That's 41 short years. ______ It seems... A new calendar gets tacked up more quickly the older I get. I often feel the quick movement of time. And life. That's why many of my blogs are extra direct. I...

Blog #724: My Letter to Santa

In this blog on Thursdays... I often share emails I writein response to emails I receive. But this week... I'm sharing an email I'm initiating.It's to a guy named Santa. ______ Me writing to Santa? Can we ever be too old to wish for a bit of magic in our lives? I...

Blog #723: One Last One

Over the years that I've written this blog… My heart has been pincheda few times by readers’ emails. But the email below pinchedharder than any I’ve ever received. ______ My friend Shawn, You are my friend, though we’ve never met. We’ve bonded over the years through...
Blog #655: Pickleball, Tips and Tomato Growing

Blog #655: Pickleball, Tips and Tomato Growing

"Can I give ya' a tip?" The line was humorously repeatedthroughout a play I recently saw. Pickleball. Every player wanted to give another player a tip.No other player really wanted to hear one. ______ Giving advice. A lot of us are pros. If someone asks us any one of...

Blog #654: Waking Up Not-So-Perfecttt

Blog #654: Waking Up Not-So-Perfecttt

Does this week's blog have something in it for you?Here's a test question to learn the answer. "Did you wake up thinking and feelinglike you wanted to think and feel?" If you didn't...It does. ______ This morning... I didn't pop out of bed feeling any sort of positive...

Blog #653: Never Seen What I Saw

Blog #653: Never Seen What I Saw

In the early evenings...I’ve sat in my backyard 1,000 times. But while sitting there last night...I’ve never seen what I saw. ______ It’s my norm. At dusk, when I’m home in northern California in the summer… I end the day sitting in my backyard. I sip on a favorite...

Blog #652: The Tiny Turns Giant

Blog #652: The Tiny Turns Giant

For some... It seems as if it's extra easy to go there. The stressing.The whining.The complaining.The negativity. ______ But I wonder... For those who so easily find something to complain and stress about... Is it legitimate, or are they self-programmed to stress...

Blog #651: A Teacher’s Note. 40 Years Later.

Blog #651: A Teacher’s Note. 40 Years Later.

This week... I'm time-traveling.I'm heading back 44 years. ______ In the third month of my sophomore year in high school... My family relocated to California from Nevada. Discouragingly, I left behind every friend I had ever known growing up and attending school. It...

Blog #650: A Mom. A Daughter. And Thursdays.

Blog #650: A Mom. A Daughter. And Thursdays.

I didn't know.Often, we don't. ______ Dear Shawn, I'm not a subscriber to your blog, but for the last 3 years, every Thursday, my Mom has read it to me. It became our Thursday thing. When she called, I would regularly answer, "Hello, Mom. Tell me what Shawn wrote...

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