CPR

June 18, 2016

Jack returned Friday from a business trip to L.A.. After dinner, he made a comment to nine year old Ben that he’d made a hundred times. ‘You’re the best!’ This was the first time Jack got to see the effect his words had on his eldest son. CPR stands for Continuous Positive Reinforcement and if […]

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Wonder

June 18, 2016

There is a sense of wonder at seeing a first butterfly….. firefly…..or 737 streaking across the sky. Wise are they who preserve and pursue wonder as the years go by.

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Imagine

June 17, 2016

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Albert Einstein

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No chance

June 13, 2016

‘Mom….do you really want to have another staring contest with me? Do you not remember the last one where you lost in under ten seconds? Maybe you should try bridge or bowling.’

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Joey

June 13, 2016

Joey had somehow wandered off and was missing for eight days. Dylan and his parents had made fliers and placed them on stop signs in their neighborhood and three surrounding subdivisions. The call arrived on Tuesday morning and Dylan let out a yell that could have been heard in Evergreen. Some stories have the kind […]

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Humility

June 12, 2016

“This mountain, the arched back of the earth risen before us, it made me feel humble, like a beggar, just lucky to be here at all, even briefly.” (Bridget Asher)

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Hold on

June 12, 2016

Can you tolerate the darkness and take refuge from the rain? Will you hold fast to hope until the light breaks through again?

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Authentic

June 12, 2016

‘Be what you is, and not what you ain’t, cause if you ain’t what you is, you is what you ain’t. Luther D. Price

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Laugh

June 12, 2016

Laura Vais thinks laughter is the best medicine for what ails ya. Just google Orangutan Magic Trick if you like to laugh.

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One incredible guy

June 11, 2016

A very young cowboy had a dream last night that was so real. It was about a great friend who still lives in the hearts of so many of us…his family, his friends, his coworkers, and the thousands of kids he touched as their favorite doctor. One of these children comes to mind immediately. He […]

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The shadow buster

June 10, 2016

Take a smile with you everywhere and light up the world. There are plenty of shadows, and clouds, and curmudgeons….you were born to shine.

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Perspective

June 10, 2016

Go ahead if you must….wallow in that pity party if you feel justified. But remember…you could just as easily have been born a moth, a hamster, a spider, or an overweight lizard.

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Belief

June 9, 2016

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail. Robert Motherwell

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Appreciate

June 8, 2016

The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what’s happening up there. K. D. Lang

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Listen

June 8, 2016

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus

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Shhhhhhh

June 7, 2016

‘You got it right….I couldn’t get much cuter and you must know I love cartoon dreams!’

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Jake

June 7, 2016

‘I am not blind you know. There you go again racing around like there’s a fire in the basement. People could learn a lot from me and my friends…how to take it easy…how to be in tune with the rhythm of life that should be so much slower than you frantic humans scrambling through life […]

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Extraordinary

June 7, 2016

There are some who slink about with stooped shoulders and lifeless eyes. And then…there are those special few who have a spring in their step and live each day with a type of swag that shouts, ‘ain’t nothing gonna stop me…watch out world cause I’m here to do extraordinary things!’

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A wise man

June 5, 2016

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe. Muhammad Ali

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Refuge

June 5, 2016

In every life there are tornados that touch down and create havoc. Wise are those who seek refuge in He who calmed the raging sea so long ago.

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