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(word 33)

Let’s get TOGETHER.

“Together we can do so much.” Helen Keller

“…groups are very important because they force us to progress. If you’re all alone, all you can do is laugh at yourself, but if you’re with others, you’ll laugh and then immediately act. Groups challenge us. Groups allow us [...]

Ceramics.

(word 32)

This week, as I looked at our word ACHIEVE, I was again reminded we each live with our own unique set of circumstances. They set the stage on which we must perform.

These seasons of circumstances clearly influence our output. For this reason, I declare “to achieve” is relative.

In some seasons, goals are accomplished [...]

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(word 31)

INSPIRATION (our word for this week)
influences – motivates – encourages

What if people were motivated to dream because of you?

What if people were encouraged to act because of you?

What if the world changed because of you?

Dream and others will be inspired to dream.

Act and others will be inspired to act.

Live true and [...]

Oh yes and pets make us feel loved too!

(word 30)

Our word this week . . . LOVED

. . . held in deep affection, cherished.

It feels good to feel loved. It changes the filters through which one see the whole world. It brightens, lightens the day.

When loved, one feels . . .
> happy
> content
> joy
> [...]

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(word 29)

How are you running your business?

Everyone is a business owner operating out of his or her own flesh and blood workplace. Inside, work is conducted privately. Outside, work is transacted with others. You are the sole proprietor of your “body business”.

Our word for this week [...]

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(word 28)

“If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object is said to be wabi-sabi.” Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence

When I began making ceramics two years ago, I knew exactly what I wanted to [...]

(word 27)

Our word for this week . . . STILL

WARNING: this post is not for the faithless. If the word “God” causes alarm, read no further. DELETE. Today I just can’t help it.

Each week I approach a different word, a word determined by a random drawing done in January. My writing, a reflection [...]

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(word 26)

VISION involves seeing . . . our word for the week.

We sat in the terminal two extra hours waiting for our plane to land. It was circling overhead until the tropical storm cleared.

Such is life. Frustrating at times. Dealing with things outside our control. Sometimes we are [...]

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(word 25)

Children are masters of playful expression. William Fry, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Stanford University Medical School, says the average kindergarten student laughs 300 times a day. Adults, 17.

“We don’t stop laughing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop laughing.”

Our UPWoRD for this [...]

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(issue 24)

When I moved from New Jersey to Texas in high school, there was a lot to adjust to. One big difference, “the hug”. A little word with a lot to say, HUG.

In Jersey, you hugged only your family. In Texas, you hugged everyone. And everyone hugged you. [...]