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Blog #752: I Couldn’t Look Away

I was flipping through TV channels...until one of them stopped me cold. I didn't know the singer.I didn't know the song. But I couldn't look away. ______ It wasn't his voice that caught me. It was how completely he gave himself to the moment. He wasn't just singing.He...

Blog #751: I Pressed Send Anyway

#750 is behind me.#751 is right now. Still going.Still showing up.Still giving it my best. Every.Single.Thursday. ______ #751. That’s a lot of Thursdays. More than I ever imagined when this began. And although I'm acknowledging #751... I'm celebrating #1 more. That’s...

Blog #750: What Are You Leaving in Them?

At first... This blog was about a frog named Camino.Then it became a question. Ready to see where this leads? ______ First story... There’s a little frog that’s lived outside my front door in Sacramento for as long as I can remember. I call him “Camino.”Named after...

Blog #749: The Email Said She’s a Ghost

I read her email.I stopped breathing for a moment. "People don't say things like that." ______ The email read: "I’m a ghost. People don't see me. I don't even see myself anymore. I read your blog and maybe I'm not changing, but at least I see I don't want to be a...

Blog #748: It’s Time to Go

Moving forward. Not because it's easy.Because staying changes who you become. ______ The past has a powerful pull. A favorite memory.A former relationship.A great success.A missed opportunity.A different version of ourselves. It's easy to revisit what was. Especially...

Blog #747: Where Did You Stop Creating?

“Get creative!” That thought that never leaves me. The trail I walk.The travel I take.The conversations I have.The work I do. Stale living and I don’t get along. ______ Forty years ago… I introduced telemarketing to businesses. It wasn't common.I thought I was on to...

Blog #746: Why Does This Keep Happening?

Check my thoughts.Change my thoughts. ______ There are mornings when I wake up already ahead of myself. And there are mornings when I wake up already behind my thinking. Same life. Different direction before the day even starts. I’ve learned this the hard way… Nothing...

Blog #745: My Tighty-Whities Moment

Let’s talk about getting engaged. Not married.Engaged. To your life. ______ Most people aren’t disconnected from life. They’re just not engaged in it. A slightly perturbed email landed in my inbox: “It’s easy for you to have a life. You have money to do things.”...

Blog #744: What I See Every Thursday

I think my signature sign-off is sticking.Many emails coming back now close with: “Gratitude…" ______ I love the people who read this blog. Not because they see me. But because they are kind—even when the world isn’t.They are passionate—even when life drains them.They...

Blog #743: When Showing Up Starts Costing You

Some questions don’t need advice.They need clarity. Especially when your heartis pulled in two directions. Like this one. ______ “I keep showing up for someone who keeps taking from me. Am I right to keep hanging in there with this person?” ______ My answer: Dear...
Blog #657: Say Hello to the Old Man

Blog #657: Say Hello to the Old Man

FEAR. It lives in all of us. It's defeating and debilitating.It steals possibilities and experiences. It limits lives. ______ Here are four excerpts from past emails: 1. "...I've stayed in a job I've hated for years. But the thing is, I'm 48 and don't have the courage...

Blog #656: First Dates

Blog #656: First Dates

November 11, 2008. That's the date I sent my first blog. ______ My first one. It was anxiety-rich to write. It was terrifying to send. "What will people think of me when they read it?" I got lucky with myself. I hit "send." ______ The first time is hard. The first...

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...

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