Tag: dailyprompt
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Overcome
Showing up. Putting one foot in front of the other. And letting go of the results. There have been so many times in my life where I could have let fear talk me out of doing something. Climbing. Camping. Nursing school. Art projects. Writing projects! Homeschooling my kids. The way that I overcome my fears…
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Confidence: Our perception of perception
When I was much younger, I thought confidence was something that you had or you didn’t. Some people had it-way too much of it even-and some people did not. It seemed to go with popularity. And money. If you had both, you could afford to be confident. And if you didn’t, you had to work…
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Minimal
I have this idea in my head of what minimalism looks like…and I’m not 100% certain but I think if I believed in minimalism I would have a lot less stuff. If I believed in minimalism, would I have so many books? Would I have a counter full of oranges and a container of cookies…
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Christmas Day
Walking around the little town where I live this past year on Christmas morning… It was so quiet. No one was around. But all the little shops looked so pretty, and were all decorated. It felt like I was walking through a Hallmark movie set. I hafta be honest, for a moment it felt a…
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Eye-catcher
This was one of those times when I was driving and had to pull into a parking lot to take a photo. The sky looked… airbrushed. It was gorgeous.
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First Books
(This post contains affiliate links.) Some of my favorite books that have stuck with me for 40+ years are from my childhood… Oh What a Busy Day by Gyo Fujikawa. What can I say about this one? I love it to pieces. I’ve read this book hundreds of times. I’d spend hours pouring over the…
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Profound? Maybe.
Part one Like many people, I reached a point in my life when I gave up on having any relationship with a Higher Power. I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but it was sometime during that 16-20 year age. I grew up Catholic, and went to nine years of Catholic school. I attended church…
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Limitless
Unlimited budget for 24 hours??? I’d buy tons of scrubs and compression socks and all the Brooks I wanted (especially those Chip & Dale sneakers, they are adorable! :P) Then I’d stock up on groceries. I’d book like, 10 trips for next year. Maybe 20. I’d order every book I wanted from my local book…
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Philosophers for Dinner
“Good evening, would you care for something to talk about?” There’s this line from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, where a couple is sitting down at dinner, and their waiter comes up and asks if they’d like something to talk about. They choose, from their menu of topics, to talk about the meaning of…
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Antidotes to Fear and Self-Doubt
I love the little acronyms they come up with in 12-step groups. And fear has a few of them: F– False E-Evidence A-Appearing R-Real Or: F: Face E: Everything A: And R: Recover or the more humorous: F– F**k E– Everything A– And R– Run! Fear has a way of creeping in sometimes. It can…
