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Monday, February 6, 2012

a new relationship with Christmas

I want to go back and read this (and other things on this blog)…

http://joyfullygrowingingrace.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/a-new-relationship-with-christmas/

3 choices happy people make

 

Although the CONCEPT of happiness as a choice is simple to grasp, its IMPLEMENTATION  is not.

In order to CHOOSE to be happy you MUST be willing to GIVE UP:

YOUR STORY

“Bright Shiny Object” Syndrome

Selfishness, for a Life of Service

Read the complete post here - http://lifelessons4u.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/three-choices-happy-people-make/

community

Bonhoeffer stated a beautiful spiritual truth when he wrote, “The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”

http://www.alanknox.net/2012/02/dont-start-a-movement-start-caring-for-those-around-you-sacrificially/

My Dear Deanna…

dare to be different

 

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Jordan and his truck

 

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He did it!  He has his licence and his own vehicle all before he ends his 16th year.  Wow!  And he did it all himself… paid for the whole thing.

And on Saturday he took his first solo trip (meaning no parent with him) with his friend and his sister to Olds and back.  They didn’t get to leave until they got a stern lecture from me about behaviors from the passengers and such.  He did good. 

Things will never be the same again.  Sigh. Sad smile

seen on FB

Getting Down With Jesus

God loves me, in this moment, just as I am ... not as I think that I ought to be.

DESIGN YOUR OWN MASTERS

Loved this article – Design Your Own Masters

http://simplehomeschool.net/design-your-own-masters/

This quote describes me – “Then I realized something amazing–I don’t really want a master’s.  I just want to learn.

That’s me… I just want to learn.  And I hope my kids have caught the learning bug too.  :)

… that is poor

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” - Seneca