Daily prompt
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Do you think everything happens for a reason?
As a daily prompt this really has me thinking. I keep changing my mind, so I don’t know if that means I DO of if I DON’T. I believe that there is a path for everyone. Yet, I also believe that everyone gets to choose their path. I believe that everything that HAS happened has…
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What’s a skill you consider basic, that most people don’t actually know how to do?
Empathy. Now you may not thing of empathy as a skill… as some believe a skill is something that can be taught. Well I believe empathy can be taught. It is a matter of bringing it to the forefront of the mind. I knew someone who once told me that they couldn’t appreciate or understand…
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If you had to give one life-changing tip, what would it be?
Forgive yourself. This is so much harder than one would think it was. I mean, why wouldn’t you be able to forgive yourself? Let me ask you this… What do you NEED to forgive yourself for? It was in Al-Anon that I found out how hard this really is. Al-Anon adapted the 12 Steps from…
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“Never be so busy as not to think of others.”
Mother Teresa Easier said than done. For me, it is about making my ‘busy-ness’ about others. For instance, this process of creating posts every day. I am trying to figure out what people respond to. Constantly wanting to know who my audience is. That is how I think of others, what can I do for…
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What you can survive could break others.
Every story is different. I do believe my higher power gives me what I can handle. When I attended Al-Anon regularly a big part of that was listening and sharing your story. [Sometimes the you need the meeting; Listening. Sometimes the meeting needs you; Sharing.] I remember, often, thinking “At least I am not going…
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What are you left with if you don’t have hate?
Yesterday I posted that if I could have any super power I would have the power to take away someone’s hate. Not just the hate, but the causes behind it. Now I put it out there, what would happen if there were no hate? Would that super power be a good thing or would it…
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What would be your SuperPower?
Not an uncommon question. I think children all over the world at one time or another have asked themselves what power they would ask for if they could. My daughter asked this of me when she was a tween (we were watching Supernatural [yes you can question my parenting skills… I stand by them they…
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Happily Ever After
I read a prompt earlier this week (writers group)… “create a happy story with four words”.Versions of “happily ever after” came up and that got me thinking… What is my happily ever after? There were, in this post, many publishing wishes (for I believe that is what they ultimately were, what people wished would happen…
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Excuses vs Reasons
Before you continue reading I want you to take a moment and think about what YOU think the difference is between excuses and reasons. For me the difference is:An excuse is something you come up with because you didn’t do what you could have… ‘my dog ate my homework’. An excuse may or may not…