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I was a little hard on myself in my last post, Why Do I Want to Simplify? Do you ever do that? I am usually hardest on myself when I want to be at a certain goal but I’m not willing to do what is necessary to get there. I just want to be there now. Read more of Steps on the Simplicity Journey This is a hard blog to write. I am embarrassed. I’ve been exploring how to simplify my life more lately and I read several blogs (see bottom of left column) daily about how to do so. If I read enough about simplification, write enough about it, then my life will be simpler. Right? Wrong. As a person of Read more of Why do I want to simplify? Friends have asked about the process of us putting our home on the market and moving into Birmingham. So why are we open to selling our home on the lake that we love so much? Not long after I built my house in 2002, I was at peace with the idea that I would be single for the Read more of Dreaming Anew “I CANNOT believe you are leaving that place!” one friend wrote on my Facebook page. “Why in the heck would you want to sell this jewel?” another one asked. Other legitimate questions have come from friends and acquaintances since Mary and I put our lake home on the market a few months ago. This is not a Read more of The Grief of Leaving When I was in high school I remember saying, “I can’t wait to go to college.” By the time I was a senior in college, I was excited about graduate school. Then came my marriage, job opportunities, divorce, houses, remarriage, children, and more. If we are not careful, we will find ourselves believing the illusion that peace Read more of Swimming Upstream Easter Sunday is a day of celebration of the resurrection of Jesus for those of us in the Christian world. Some quotes I love about Easter include: This is the Easter message, that awakening is possible, to the goodness of God, the sacredness of human life, the sisterhood and brotherhood of all. (Anne Lamott) The joyful news that Jesus Read more of Easter Means — Day 40 If you have ever had a catastrophic event happen in your life where everything was fine one day, and the next day your life was changed forever, you understand. If you have ever loved someone with your whole heart and s/he died suddenly without warning and you lived in shock and numbness for weeks, months, or even Read more of If You Ever Had — Day 39 I had the privilege of giving the eulogy at a friend’s memorial service today. He was two years younger than I. It was an “easy” service to do because of his love and faithfulness to his family, an impressive list of deep friendships that he nurtured daily, and the compassion that he offered to others throughout Read more of Deep Relationships — Day 37 Sometimes prayer comes just in time. This morning I was supposed to have the invocation for a breakfast meeting at the hospital. The purpose of the gathering was to help people who have lost their jobs, or who are going through difficult times due to healthcare crises and more. My boss and his boss were present. I left Read more of Rushed Prayers — Day 36 There is a time to be simple, and there is a time to be extravagant. And it is the latter that I want to talk about today. It may surprise you that on this Simplicity Journey I am encouraging you to live extravagantly at times. Let me share a brief story. There once was a woman named Mary who lived Read more of Simple Extravagance — Day 35  |
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