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“You know, it would be horrible living with Christ, Buddha, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, and Gandhi as my neighbors,” a friend once told me. “Why would that bother you?” I asked, rather dumbfounded. I wondered: Why would having the best examples in history as neighbors be a negative? Couldn’t he see that these […]

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Do we spend our lives trying to validate ourselves or to develop ourselves? The answer could very well explain why mediocrity might outweigh meaning in our lives, or why the super talented may not reach their full potential. At the blog Heroes not Zombies by Bob Leckridge, he writes a post, “Two mindsets – Fixed […]

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I love this kind of Colorado sunset. Fortunately, it’s not a rare event where I live. (This photo is taken from my front yard.) The fire in the sky comes at dusk quite often. Lovely shades of red, orange, pink play across the heavens to bid the sun goodbye and the night hello. I have […]

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Think back if you will to a time you felt the most supported and loved. It doesn’t matter where or when, or if it was a real moment in time or imagined. How did it feel to be so accepted for who and what you are? Where you able to breathe easier and relax your […]

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Mythic heroes in our culture often have their beginnings in obscurity or adversity. Their awakening — be it Luke Skywalker becoming a Jedi or Harry Potter becoming a powerful wizard — fascinates us and keeps us coming back for more. Just look at some recent movies about heroes: Hancock awakens from a drunken pity party […]

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