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“If you don’t like where you are…”
If you don’t like where you are, change it. You’re not a tree. ~ Jim Rohn We’re in Holy Week! The home stretch! #LentFail
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‘Growth is painful.’
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” —Mandy Hale We’re almost there! The long road which always ends at Jerusalem is narrowing and we will be there soon! Keep at it! #LentFail
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‘I can accept failure.’
“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” -Michael Jordan Keep going! You’ve got this Lent thing! What’s your #LentFail?
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‘Scratch any cynic…’
We often talk about the fatalism of our character. Or who we’ve become because of our experience. But there’s a beauty in this thought: “Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” -George Carlin That we might actually see what’s underneath. What’s still there. Idealism never left. It got turned toward something else.…
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Sharing a birthday with FDR
I don’t know why it feels like an awesome responsibility. That sharing of a birthday. It’s not like he’s here to steal some cake. To the disconnected from the cosmic togetherness, the idea of sharing a birthday with anyone is meaningless. Coincidences are like that. Life has no meaning. We’re just so reasonable. For those…
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Anti-Institutionalism Just Jumped the Shark
We’re all anti-institutional these days I get it. You hate institutions. You want them all to go down. Buy local. Build it up around you. Fund those things you care about. Institutions do pretty well suck. I know. I’m a member of Generation X, the generation handed anti-institutional ID cards with our latchkeys. We’ve been…
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When are you living for?
We’re all conscious of time. It’s finitude and speed. Sometimes languishing and always passing, faster and faster as we age. There’s something about having less real estate left to cover which increases our velocity. We all have thoughts about time and how we live our lives. And we’re all focused somewhere: past, present, future. When are you…
