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Posted on May 24, 2023

Family Values

Raise your children to value people over things. Teach them to pursue experiences not possessions. Show them that time is more valuable than money. Lead by example. They are watching. They are listening. They understand more than you know. Help them to learn from your mistakes so they do not make the same ones. Life … Continue reading Family Values

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Transforming Pain Into Love
Posted on February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Transforming Pain Into Love

We all experience hardships at one point or another in our lives.  Our task, our responsibility actually, is to do our best to not pass these hardships on to others.  This is no easy feat.   We did not become who we are overnight.  It may take us a lifetime to uncover, understand, and resolve … Continue reading Transforming Pain Into Love

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Change Of Choice
Posted on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Change Of Choice

If energy can only be changed, not created or destroyed, we must decide what kind of change we are going to make with the energy we have. We do not get to choose all of the input we receive in our lives. We do not get to decide the circumstances we are born into and … Continue reading Change Of Choice

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The Wealth of Presence
Posted on December 31, 2019December 31, 2019

The Wealth of Presence

“Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.” —My father via John Lennon via Allen Saunders The pursuit of wealth is actually just the pursuit of the experiences that having wealth affords us. Money, after all, has no intrinsic worth. It is just numbers and paper that we trade for … Continue reading The Wealth of Presence

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