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Category Archives: Inspirational People
What I Learned From Sawyer
Sawyer was my best friend ever and the best dog I could have asked for. I learned a lot from him over the 11 years we spent together. It would take at least one book to include them all (a … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friend, dog, family, friend, friends, friendship, kindness, lessons, life lessons, love, Presence, Sawyer, What I Learned From Sawyer, wisdom
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The First Stop
I woke up in a white room. It took a while before I started remembering. My dog, Sawyer, had just died. He lived twelve years before being put down due to lingering pain, breathing trouble, and other health issues. I … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People
Tagged animals, best friend, death, dog, dogs, family, friends, friendship, life, love, peace, pet, pets, pup, puppies, puppy, pups, Sawyer, The First Stop, time
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Six Months
It’s been a little over six months since my most recent birthday. Hard to believe that much time has passed already. Feels like yesterday that I was on a beautiful beach celebrating with some wonderful friends. We danced, had some … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged anxiety, beach, Bear in the Big Blue House, birthdays, depression, Encouragement, family, friends, friendship, future, love, meaning, Six Months
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Reminiscings
Lots of vulnerability in this post. I’m sharing this because it’s highly relevant to me right now and it may very well be relevant to you, if not now then maybe sometime in the past or sometime in the future. … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged adulthood, adults, childhood, contentment, emotional intelligence, emotions, enjoyment, fun, future, innocence, James Rolfe, joy, judgment, kids, magic, memories, nostalgia, past, peace, play, Presence, present, Queen, Reminiscings, Surrender, time, youth
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My Pursuit of Meaning
Meaning is a lot more powerful and more important than pleasure. All kinds of pleasure are really only temporary sensations. Even if some forms of pleasure last a long time, they all will run out eventually. Further, even when they’re … Continue reading
Recent Feelings and Realizations
Whenever I get into a funk, I explore it to see what it’s telling me. The one I’ve been in lately has an important message about my role in life, especially for how I relate to others. Here’s an exploration … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged David Hawkins, Eckhart Tolle, ego, peace, Recent Feelings and Realizations, savior complex
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Reviewing My 2021 Goals
Last year, I set a number of goals that I hoped to accomplish in 2021. It’s time to revisit those goals and see how I did. Let’s take a look. Finish my first book. I have several books that I … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged 2021 Goals, friends, friendship, goals, healing, reading, Reviewing My 2021 Goals, writing
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Take Smaller Bites
I see a lot of praise for being constantly on the go. Somehow it’s become popular to think that if you don’t always have multiple projects going simultaneously and if you’re not feeling exhausted from working around the clock to … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged burnout, exhaustion, Matthew Walker, rest, self-care, self-love, stress, Take Smaller Bites, time management, value, work, worth
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Competing Visions
Ever since I was a little kid, there have been two visions of the world competing within me. Whichever one shapes my perceptions depends on how I feel at any given moment. I’ll describe them both in detail, starting with … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Competing Visions, Disney, hope, hopelessness, negativity, optimism, perceptions, pessimism, positivity, visions
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