Jul 01
Four weeks ago, I gave myself the gift of taking a blog vacation. My attitude toward seeing and celebrating miracles hadn’t changed, but my attitude toward sitting down and writing several times a week had – I was feeling tired and uninspired and like I was working too hard for not enough joy. So I …
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Sep 19
At some point when I was in college, I came up with the mantra, “Do the hard thing FIRST!” I put it up on signs, which solicited many giggles – we were all frisky teenagers, after all. 🙂
For me it was never about tackling the hardest project first. Rather, it was about making the …
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Sep 17
This vacation in Maine was one of the best I’ve ever had. There are a bunch of reasons for that, but one of the biggest is… MONEY!
I’ve been on various kinds of vacations in the past:
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Jul 16
I have the luxury of not having to punch a time clock at work. As long as I keep within reasonable limits and get all my work done, no one says much about when I come in or leave. Which means that while I always have good intentions of getting in by 9 a.m., I’m …
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Apr 22
I’ve been thinking a lot about perfectionism lately. It’s come up as a topic in numerous conversations, and there’s a chapter on perfectionism in my upcoming book The Year Of Miraculous Living.
Today a memory popped up that had me laughing at my own perfectionist streak.
By the time I was in fifth grade, I …
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Dec 18
Hello friends,
I haven’t been the most consistent blogger the last few weeks. The truth is that I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed. Even for a non-Christian, this is a busy time of the year. I’ve also had a bit of personal upheaval to sort through. All of this has left me without a lot …
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Sep 17
Some declarations are still being made and miracles are being posted – what a beautiful thing to watch!
If you’re enjoying the process of looking for miracles in your life, tell your friends – it’s never too late for them to join!
Here are a couple of things that caught my attention in the past …
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Sep 12
Recently I noticed an interesting and increasingly predictable shape to my weeks at the newspaper – Mondays I was close to useless, which stressed me out. Tuesday I started getting myself together and making some phone calls, none of which were returned, which stressed me out. Wednesday I made more phone calls and got a …
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