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Tag Archives: Goals
Learn to Laugh. Laugh To Learn
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.” — Jean Houston Last night, we learned and laughed. Dora had invited me to speak to her group Reaching Goals Together, a group of wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in In the community
Tagged Goals, laughter, learning, Reaching Goals Together
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Squeezing Ever Tighter
“The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.” — Thomas Merton There will be many goals set tomorrow on New Year’s Day. Goals like learning a new language, writing a book, cleaning out the garage, and being more productive are at … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, In the community
Tagged 2013, giving time, goal setting, Goals, helping others, Helping Out, self improvement, toothpaste
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Yes Dad, I Cleaned My Room
“Garbage clutters the house that has no dream.” — Mike Dolan Over time, a clean room sounds something like this. Age 4 – “Aww cwean!” Age 6 – “I did a good job cweaning my room!” Age 8 – “It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, cleaning, dreams, family, giving time, Goals, helping others, house chores, house cleaning, messy house
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Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 221 – Goals And Follow-Through
Met over lunch with one of our new Toastmasters discussing his goals for the coming year. And during the discussion, I became particularly impressed with something he had done. Today I met with Roy, one of our newest Toastmasters, to … Continue reading
Post-Christmas Resolution, Day 175 – Is Relaxation The Goal?
My wife had a bad reaction to some new contact lenses. I ran to the store to get her some medicine … Read a chapter of Beyonders to my kids even though I still needed to work on the presentation … Continue reading