Tag: success
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Relentlessly Cheerful
Never give up, never surrender. Never let the despair drag you into the falsehood of believing there’s no hope. It’s a lie, for one thing. There is always hope, and joy, and humans are more resilient than we give them credit for. For another thing… We, speaking in the very broad human voice here, are…
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Dumbo’s Feather
I think I can safely spoiler the movie Dumbo here. In the movie the tiny but spunky baby elephant is bullied for his big ears, but with the help of a ‘magic’ feather, discovers he can use them to fly. Only… when he loses the magic feather, he starts to fall without it. It takes…
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Rose-Colored Glasses
I have been accused of wearing rose-colored glasses by more than one person. I used to think this was a bad thing, but as I have gained perspective, I think I like my view of the world, and I’ll just keep these on, but thanks. Here’s the thing: resilience, persistence, and optimism are much more…
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Reap What you Sow
I’ve gotten in the habit of teasing my daughters, recently, when we’re talking and I’m reverting to things I learned from the Bible, that I’m going all Biblical on them. So here I am, doing it on the blog. I was musing on this aphorism the other day, and how we usually see it applied…