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Go next door and say hello. Write a letter: “Hey friend, I want you to hear this from me… I’m a better person because of your beautiful soul in my life.” Make a phone call and splurge on the anytime minutes to share a breath. Find a cheap plane ticket, buy one, and show up….
I always wanted to save the world; every homeless man and all the hungry children. My parents thought I’d outgrow it. I never did. I also wanted to be a crime-solving detective, so I took investigative reporting for a test drive and found I’m an activist at heart. Death will shatter walls of insecurity and…
Understanding trust gives us words to say, ‘here’s my struggle and why I can’t rely on you’. Trust is a huge word with tons of weight around it. There are common, quiet thoughts in our minds about trust that often go unspoken because we’re not really sure how to sort through the vowels and verbs…
We’re still a couple of days away from Christmas, and I have yet to board a plane to be with family, yet somehow we’ve already found the short fuses and tension stretching our patience with each other. Can you relate? The problems may have nothing to do with you except that you’re within proximity of…
30 minutes in, I realized just how long it had been since my friend and I shared a table. And I also noticed how the discussion had shifted back to me quite frequently. He stayed at the surface of his story about financials and friends. It was obvious he was dodging until I pressed into…
Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad! Today, I celebrate the courage behind 35 years of marriage with this couple. Through the hardship and pain, they continued to choose life together over the path alone. I learned that loving other things in life more than two people love each other only leads to hardened hearts. There’s an…
Contentment sometimes seems negative because we want to visually interchange it with complacency. But the word is simply gratification. In fact, contrary to being complacent, I wonder if it’s possible that being content is actually what moves us forward. After three summers of stubbornly braving the southern humid heat while sitting in hours of standstill…
Sure, you could be lying on the beach at some far-flung destination, not checking emails and sipping a cocktail at 2 p.m., rehearsing “I’m on vacation!” You don’t need to set an alarm to wake up and can follow all the whims in the world because time, my friend, is on your side. Sounds dreamy,…
There are so many wonderful fathers to celebrate, and no doubt, deserving of our outpouring affections. There’s one who stands above the rest as the granddaddy of them all. And even if you find yourself “fatherless” today, He’s never left your side. He loves to lavish His children in unfailing affection and enjoys giving graciously…
Everyone has a story beneath the cover of a smile. Often, it’s listening to unhighlighted chapters in another person’s life that peels back fresh pages in our own. Dig deeper. See past the boldface and bookmarks. Don’t be afraid of a little dust. Therein lies the secret to the greatest mystery novel of all: Life….