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New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work!

I am not trying to be the bearer of bad news, only the bearer of the truth. The truth is, New Year’s resolutions do not work. They don’t work because often we don’t work them. We like the idea of saying we’re going to do something, because it sounds good. But ...

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Where Do You Rank on the Scale of Goodness?

Please rank the following scenarios in their order of goodness: 1 being the least and 10 being the most. A woman helping a homeless man find a job A teenager posting unkind words against a schoolmate through social media Hitler’s regime A CEO donating thousands of dollars each year to ...

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The Devastation of Good Intentions

The first year we lived here, the fig tree amazed me!  The fruit was abundant and delicious … nothing like a dried fig.  Late in the year, though, a pesky vine began weaving through the branches.  Friends alerted me to the vine being poison oak.  Logic told me, “Get rid ...

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