Becoming a More Child-Like Man

A childlike man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle aged habit and convention.  — Aldous Huxley We come into this world naturally curious, creative and optimistic.  Sadly systems,
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Bitter or Better, Determined or Discouraged

“The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better.” ~Barbara Pletcher I remember many years ago talking to my then much younger son Jacob as he was having to deal with a difficult situation and needing to consider some courageous choices.  We spoke of adversity
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Knowing Why We Run

Two gas company servicemen, a senior training supervisor and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban neighborhood. They parked their truck at the end of the alley and worked their way to the other end. At the last house a woman looking out her kitchen window watched the two men as they checked her gas meter. Finishing
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Slow Down to Live UP – The Appreciation Elevator

I was able to attend some great training and teaching over the weekend… it was simultaneously inspiring and humbling. Humbling because of the areas in my life that I saw more clearly I needed to work on and improve. Inspiring because, I was filled with a non-guilt driven desire to make the needed changes, and filled with the hope and confidence
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