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One alteranative version of a famous quotes goes, “It’s not whether you win or lose; it’s where you place the blame.” I chuckled upon first read. On the other end of accusation is often a person, a breathing target at whom I can point fingers when I am displeased with anything from a drive-thru order …
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Last week I asked my students why they cover their answers when I walk up and down the rows in my classroom and almost in unison they retorted, “We don’t want to be told we’re wrong,” to which I replied, “But what if you are wrong?” My response was 80 percent jest. I posed a …
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When success is in reach but requires unprecedented commitment I get nervous. As a player I used to feel fatigue creep up on me during a game and mutter, “win or lose let’s just get this thing over with.” There was a part of me that didn’t care about victory but rather more about comfort …
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The hardest thing to do is leave a post for a new one. Whether old or new, a post is an assignment, a divine deployment through which one completes a task. Posts are usually temporal and by the time they’ve run their course, you’re usually not ready to leave. You’ve just grown accustomed to the …
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Sometimes I do things that prove how much of a premium I put on being in control. And this control freak-like characteristic extends to how I try to serve others. I walked into a doughnut shop on Friday October 30, 2009 and as I entered the shop I passed a man on the outside who …
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If you write your fears people will look and likely not touch meaning it’s easier to read in anonymity than express weakness. There’s something about writing that sparks an ignition, a revelation a conviction toward changing but so few of us do it. I’ve talked to more people who say I’ve thought about writing as …
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One of the strangest phrases to grace modern language is, “I’m keeping it real”. It’s on par with “Tell the whole truth” (as if there is any 5/8 truth) or the preface “I’m not going to lie to you…”. Life needs no help with real because it is what it is when it is wherever …
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