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So it's January 29 and I'm wondering how those New Year's goals are coming along?! I make goals instead of resolutions because I think a resolution seems to be something you have to keep the whole year and if you get off course, you can't "start over".  Whereas a GOAL...

Have you ever taken time to just stare at the clouds?  They seem to form shapes and figures for all to see.  It's so fun to see what you can make out in the shapes.  Sometimes we look so hard and create these little figures in our minds and truly believe that cloud...

When I think of a "bully", I usually think of a little mean kid who pushes other kids around on the playground. Someone who says mean things and tries to get the other kids not to like you.  As you get older these bully-types leave you out of birthday parties and...

When I was younger my grandma used to use that phrase a lot:  "they are here, there and yonder."  I may ask where my cousins were and she would answer, "here, there and yonder".  We may chase the chickens around the barn lot and she way scold us telling us to stop...

When my daughter was little, my niece would babysit for her.  It wasn't until years later that the story was told on her that she would always say to my niece, "you're not the boss of me".  My niece was a very good person to take that and not tattle on my daughter. I...

Have you ever been hiking on trails and you come to a point in the trail where you have to make a choice? You can go one way which may be labeled as longer or more challenging.  Or you can choose to go a different way which may be labeled less challenging and...

Some of you may have been in church services where the pastor or worship leader says, "God is good" and the congregation responds with "All the time".  Then the leader says, "All the time" and the congregations responds "God is good." I've done this exercise and many...