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A Laundry List of Requests

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One thing I love about Social Media is that it is an easy what to know what is going in people’s lives (not everything, but certainly the very good and the very bad tend to pop up). So you can kind of keep tabs on what to be praying for. I am sure you already […]

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The Sin of Omission

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Last week Pete Wilson posted on “Impression Management” what he calls “the process through which people try to control the impressions other people form of them. It’s a conscious or unconscious (but usually conscious)  attempt to influence the perceptions of other people through controlling information in social interaction.” I am pretty skilled in this. Not […]

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Broken

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Have you ever noticed that you don’t appreciate something that works flawlessly? But once it is broken and pieced back together you can see with a whole new respect? We take perfection for granted. Because we have nothing, really, to compare it to. So it works, no big deal? Isn’t that what it is supposed […]

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Formula for Assertive Communication

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Today I am contributing to the Cultivate Her blog. Below is a preview. You have to hop over there to read the whole thing… When I was in school, I was kind of a “crammer.” You know…I’d wait until a few days before the test, try to jam everything I might possibly need to know […]

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When Darkness Creeps In

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Last night was one of those nights. One of those nights where my day had gotten the best of me. One of those nights where my soul just felt battered and bruised. One of those nights where I was dwelling on all the wrong things. One of those nights where the darkness crept in. And […]

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Help Me Be Hip

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I have always LOVED music. And I have always felt like I was “in the know” on the new, cutting-edge bands. Until recently. Twice in the last two weeks friends have mentioned popular bands that I had never even heard of. So I have come to realize, I am in serious need of some new […]

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Drafting Blueprints, Part 5

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Okay, time for Part 5 of my Drafting Blueprints series. In case you missed the first 4 parts, here is a brief recap: My “Blueprint” series is essentially a mechanism for me to start thinking through my life goals. And as hard humiliating as it is to admit some of the things I want to […]

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Processing

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Disclaimer: If you wanted something light and fluffy today, this post is not for you. But you can go here where we are discussing “guilty pleasures.” Disclaimer 2: If you wanted something that was poignant and tied up with a pretty bow, this post this blog is not for you. But you can go here […]

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Guilty Pleasures

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You have got to love this Wikipedia defition of a “guilty pleasure”: A guilty pleasure is something one considers pleasurable despite feeling guilt for enjoying it. Often, the “guilt” involved is simply fear of others discovering one’s lowbrow or otherwise embarrassing tastes, rather than actual moral guilt. Fashion, music, and food (especially unhealthier foods high […]