Personal Growth

I don’t answer questions about race. I simply don’t identify myself or others that way. I wrote my college entrance essay on that topic more than 20 years ago and haven’t changed my mind since – even though the U.S. government hasn’t either. For awhile it seemed like we were making progress in moving...
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Connections with who and where we come from are some of the most powerful on Earth
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I was doing some catch-up reading of blog subscriptions when I came across this guest post, Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants, on Copyblogger. The gist of it is that James Chartrand, the voice behind the website and company, Men with Pens, is in actuality a woman and has been all along. I read...
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How many times have you told yourself  or been told ‘Be Patient!’? Patience is often described as a lack of action; ‘buy those shoes now or be patient and wait for them to go on sale.’  More times than not though, when people are struggling with patience and wishing for more of it (right...
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The simple answer is to have an overwhelming need combined with no easily accessible solution – bored kids or broke adults can be some of the most creative people out there if they let themselves. As I’ve been getting ready for my upcoming trip to Florida (today) there were two things I truly need...
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Labels are tricky things.  The world might well be a better place without them, however conversations would drag on forever. If you’ve ever watched someone converse in sign language you may have seen them spell a person’s name letter by letter and then create a spacial reference point so that they can refer to...
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I’ve been reading This Year I Will…: over the weekend and finding even more things to think about then the last time I read it. One thing in particular that stood out for me was the chapter on making changes by taking baby steps – only these were minuscule steps. For example if you...
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I was reading a book on accomplishing goals this morning and came across an exercise where you imagine yourself one year in the future and then write a letter to the you of today.  It’s a fun thing to think about.  I’m sure there are variants of this exercise out there in various books...
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There is a lot of advice out there that has about as much depth as the message in a greeting card.  It sounds good on the surface but when you go to apply it, something doesn’t fit.  Years ago I was unhappy with the region where I was living and where my career was...
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