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Focus, Happiness, and a Birthday
This week will mark another year notched on my belt. The perfunctory salutations will arrive this week, from friends and family, and all will wish me a joyous and happy birthday. Fortunately, happiness really is already there. My benchmark for happiness is not too high. As long as I am focused on the things that matter to me, I already know that I will be happy. It is as direct a correlation as anything I could think of. I’m a very big proponent on focus. The lack of focus, especially in our current day of direct, constant, and faster consumption of information. Sometimes, we can focus on things that are…
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A New Year. A Renewed House
With 2023 already here, I’m always a big proponent of keeping things simple: and nothing makes a bigger impact than simplifying our home. Here’s something I came across Facebook that I’d like to keep here as a reminder to myself, of THINGS that can bog down our own creativity, our own peace of mind, and our own well being. Attachment to worldly THINGS is one real challenge that I try to work on, because nothing in this life is permanent, and many THINGS take us away from receiving even more blessings… Many of these things are self evident, probably tackled in many organizing blogs, books, and articles. But, this is…
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Mama
Mama, I wish I was by your side as our Lord claimed you back into his arms. I wish I had another day with you, another day to see you with my own eyes. The days will no longer be the same, no matter how I try to dream that they be. I wish, but it will not come true. I did not think this would be my fate, that I would never see you again, that I had thought there would be more days and years to come. I took for granted the days that I had an opportunity, but I guess we never know. My heart aches, my…
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Focus, Happiness, and a Birthday
