Category: encouragement
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Seasons of Life
Spring was Grandmother’s favorite season. She loved watching the birds, out on the farm, and it was usually in March when their singing and nesting started. She also treasured taking crisp morning walks along the creekbank, checking for buds on her beloved apricot trees. But Spring was also a feared time of year, because it…
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Unexpected Diversions
There it was, hanging slightly askew on the cabinet door–a single piece of masking tape its only anchor. As soon as I saw it I knew: this sign was a sign from God. Lately, I’ve caught myself taking unplanned trips down memory lane, and these are no pleasure cruises. Uncomfortable recollections run like a negative…
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Too Much and Enough
Have you ever felt drawn to something that turned out to be more harmful than good? Marie Curie was a highly acclaimed physicist and chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first woman to win a Nobel prize, she is famous for developing and proving the theory of radioactivity. Unfortunately, the damaging…
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Not So Sticky Notes
One day last week after school I found a sticky note on the driver’s side window of my minivan: “Thank you for all your hard work.” Love, Admin. “How thoughtful, an atta boy just for me; our principal must have noticed the extra work I did with our traveling music group.” I felt seen. Encouraged.…
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Helping Others Find Their Wings
One mid-week, the airport terminal was almost empty. Yet there he stood: an older gentleman staring at the TSA check point like a deer in the headlights. Hoping to encourage, without embarrassing him, I said to my wife, “This way, sweetheart?”as I started through the roped off maze. The man followed. So far so good.…
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Life Parade
I live in a small farming town in Southwest Oklahoma. There are 800 souls, one convenience store and a corner cafe. We have a few other businesses, including a new Dollar General (woo-hoo!), but you get the picture. One of the biggest events in our town is the annual Christmas parade. There are custom made…
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