Starting Over Blog

It’s Not Too Late To Look Up

When our circumstances do not turn out the way we hoped and dreamed we have three choices We can look down with discouragement and despair OR look around and ...
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Begin Where You Are

Countless people are on an endless quest for meaning. Their search takes them to places they never thought they would be and do things they ...
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Better Than Getting Even

Legend has it that just before painting the faces of the disciples in the Lord’s Supper Leonardo DaVinci had a terrible argument with a fellow ...
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Knowing You Are Pursued

We are not in Eden, Mayberry or Disney World. We live in the real world where life doesn’t go as we planned. People break our ...
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Shelter from the Storm

We started out backpacking on a beautiful cool sunny August day in the gorgeous Grand Tetons. About five miles in the sun gave way to ...
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What To Do In Overwhelming Challenges

Ever felt like you were up against a wall? Like a cold, hard, unyielding barrier with absolutely no way out? Stuck? Stymied? You can’t go ...
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Facing Your Giants

While tending his father’s flocks David was unaware of the intense battle scene in the valley of Elah. Concerned, David’s father sends him to bring food and ...
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Not Your Typical Hero

Liviu Librescu was not your typical hero. He didn’t fit the hero mold. As a child, he survived the Holocaust. As an adult, he survived ...
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Are You In Need of Gratitude?

Gratitude helps us to appreciate things that we might otherwise take for granted and can increase our contentment. “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which ...
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Are You Happy?

Are you happy? The article’s title in the in-flight magazine caught my eye, ‘What does it mean to be happy? Experts Disagree.’ After a list ...
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