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Everything is not easy
How much are you trying to get done in a typical day? After the second world war industry began creating conveniences designed to make our lives easier. Their purpose was to give us more time for enjoyment. Working less made sense. The conveniences available today were unimaginable 50 years ago. Cooking and cleaning are rarely…
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Through the eyes of a child
The child looks to the adult to learn about the world. The adult looks to the child to forget about the world. It is ironic that children can’t wait to grow up, thinking that adults somehow represent the high point of creative freedom. A short immersion in the world of work finds the adult looking…
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Living with courtesy and respect
I had taken my children to a fast-food restaurant for lunch. My daughter was 8 and my son was 4. An incident occurred that disturbed my daughter deeply. My son was absorbed in the coloring of his kids-meal menu and didn’t notice. There was one other family in the restaurant, a father and mother with…
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Are you broken or merely broke?
There is a difference between being broke, without money, and being broken, without spirit. A lack of money can be overcome. A person lacking spirit can be defeated with little effort. You’ve probably heard how circus elephants are trained. While young they are chained to a deeply set stake from which they cannot break free.…
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Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is power.
We lived in a big, drafty house on the outskirts of a small town in rural New York state. The doors were never locked. Locks had been built into each of the wooden entry doors, but the skeleton keys that fit them were lost long before we moved in. This was the first house my…
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Success strategies of the young and cute
Two young boys had positioned their business in the perfect location, at the mail boxes where each resident came to pickup their mail after work. They setup their table across the sidewalk, effectively ensuring they would not be easily passed by. Access to the mail boxes could only be attained by walking around them on…