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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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When words fail us
Words are symbols that help us negotiate the world. It’s only by agreement that they are able to do this. We understand what the word ‘bird’ describes. There are hundreds of varieties of birds with wingspans ranging from a few inches to a dozen feet (Albatross) but that one word defines something quite distinct. Words…
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Choose your own independence
Today is independence day in the US and I’m celebrating my own liberation. As of this day I am free from the limitations of my past, from my old ways of thinking and from the knowledge of how my life should be lived. I am no longer attached to my possessions nor to the beliefs…
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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…
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It’s the little things that matter most
When you’re out of money, it’s the little things that matter most. Given a choice between food and mascara, which would you choose? If you’re a woman the choice is obvious, mascara. You have to feel good about yourself if you’re going to get out there to improve your situation. This points out the biggest…
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The allure of being special
When did you figure out that you were not special? You’re parents probably tried to convince you that you were, when you were young, but then you were thrust into a world without their oversight, school. Was your specialness confirmed? It’s not our position that matters, but rather the journey itself that brings us our…
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As money matters more, people matter less
I remember going to the grocery store as a child and watching my mother fill two grocery carts with food. She worked as a bookkeeper in a factory and raised seven children without a husband, alimony or child support. After paying for the groceries we walked home. We didn’t have a car. The store delivered…