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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...
#499: Umbrellas, Rainbows…and Terri

#499: Umbrellas, Rainbows…and Terri

For a while...my Monday seemed perfect. It was a rare day in accomplishing everything on my To Do list. I did some writing. I created opportunities to support others. I did my "hard-to-get-motivated-to-do" floor exercises. My body felt strong after a late 30-minute...

#498: One Purple Toenail Later

#498: One Purple Toenail Later

It was only 60 days agothat I decided to DO it. Now it's over. Calendars and clocks move unbelievably fast. On June 29, I made the decision to walk across Spain.On June 30, I booked a non-refundable ticket to Oviedo.On July 1-5, I mapped out a walking route and booked...

#497: Spanking, Snickering…OMG!

#497: Spanking, Snickering…OMG!

The laughing outside my hotel room woke me up. I looked at my watch laying on the nightstand. It was 1:05 a.m. In the wing of the Madrid hotel I was staying, there were only two rooms... isolated from the rest of the hotel by a big, heavy door...and now the guests of...

#496: Talking To My Feet

#496: Talking To My Feet

"Thank you!" That's what I'm whisperin' as I look at my tired feet.They've carried me 183 crazy-hard miles. And now... I only have 12 easy miles left before reaching my final destination in Santiago, Spain...the famous Catedral de Santiago de Compostela. I'm through...

#495: Inspiration…and Garbanzo Bean Soup

#495: Inspiration…and Garbanzo Bean Soup

In the last ten days...my conversations have been few. In walking across northern Spain, I've experienced only a couple of English speakers...except for those who speak the most broken and hard-to-understand English. As for my Espanol? Count my two years of receiving...

#494: But I Survived the Day

#494: But I Survived the Day

Two hours ago...I finished walking Day #4 across Spain. In keeping it real...I have zero energy in me to write this week's blog. I've walked 60 miles so far, but I've never been so physically wiped out as I have been at the end of each of these first four days. I...

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