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CHOICES
I have a question for you today: Who determines your choices? I know you’ll give the easy answer that you make your own choices. Of course you determine your own choices. But let me refine my question a little further. Who, or what, influences how you make your choices? Here are a few negative possibilities…
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ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT LOVE
I know. I know. We’ve all heard of the slang phrase about making assumptions. I’ll skip that and get to the meat of today’s blog. Last issue I wrote about choosing to love differently. Thank you for the positive feedback about that issue! I still want to address the theme of love, but from a…
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LOVE DIFFERENTLY
In my last blog I asked about looking back and wishing you could do something in your past differently and then applying that to today. Maybe you gave that some thought and began to plan some things you recognize as needed changes. Maybe you are beginning to use your time more wisely. Or, you could…
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DO IT DIFFERENTLY
Do you ever think back over your life and ask yourself what you would do differently if you could go back? I’m just guessing, but I would suppose most, if not all, of us have asked ourselves that question. I think that there is a balance between it being a good exercise and realizing that…
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WHAT DEFINES YOU?
Through the years I have come across lots of individuals who carry an unnecessary burden of defining themselves by something that doesn’t really define them at all. There may be some physical malady or imperfection that feels like a weight that they can’t get out from under. I know that this was true for me…
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COMPLIMENTS
One of the ideas that I was recently reminded of is the concept of dehabituation and rehabituation. I rather doubt that you’ve used either of these words…maybe ever! Let me explain something else that I have learned along the way… One of the changes that may be needed in a counseling or coaching situation is…
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INFLUENCE
Are there people in your life that you hope to influence sometime? Maybe it is a simple as influencing your children. Maybe a neighbor or co-worker. Hopefully there are people that you hope to influence such that they come to faith in Christ. In order to accomplish that I have a question that we all…
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MORE WORDS
In addition to learning that I’m not always right, that it is important to stay healthy, and that loneliness is a scourge on our society, there’s another thing that I have learned along the way: In many, if not most, cases more words is better than less words. It should be obvious that more words…
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I’M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT
There is something that I’ve learned along the way that bears re-learning. In fact, I would go so far as to say that I am reminded of this on a regular basis. Sometimes my wife or other family members remind me. Other times circumstances conspire to show me that, despite my best intentions and planning,…
