Tag: Being positive
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Just Enjoying the Swim. And Bike. And Run.
Standing at the edge of the lake early Sunday morning before starting the swim for Iron Girl Rocky Gap triathlon, many emotions were brewing. I thought about what was happening in my life the last time I competed in a triathlon, which was 15 long months ago. So much had changed. I was now divorced,…
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The Unexpected Gift of Rain
Early Sunday morning I awoke to cool temperatures, a constant breeze, and rain. I had slept with the windows and bedroom deck door open, so it was chilly, even under the covers. With five others in the house still sleeping soundly, all I could hear was the constant tapping of the rain. I pulled the covers…
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Living a Miraculous Life
Today’s guest writer is Leah Carey of The Miracle Journal. She is someone who, no matter how insignificant the contact (e.g., comment of a Facebook post), she makes you feel happy. It’s nothing directed at the person coming in contact with her, but rather her over-abundant amount of grace, inner peace, and happiness. It’s not…
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Exorcising the Elephant
I have been quiet on my blog lately, but feel it’s time to write again. There are many things I would like to write about, but I have this big elephant sitting across the desk from me right now. She’s taunting me as I try to write about parenting, happiness, or anything else that comes…
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Progress from Perfectionism
The drive to be perfect- it’s an unwelcome quality still hanging on from my marriage. I battle this urge to aim for perfection in an attempt to extinguish the last bits of this nasty characteristic. While my old life was a well-orchestrated, focused attempt at perfection, it is time to recognize no one, but especially…
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How to Eliminate Stress by Focusing on Happiness
Stress and happiness. They don’t belong together. Actually, it’s incredibly difficult, other than forming a sentence with them, to put them together. Or so I have discovered. The series I started last week is about making even greater positive changes in my life. I found it was time to look up from all I have…