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Three Words
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny. This quote, or one similar to it, has been attributed to several sources including Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi. Regardless of its origin, its verity is without question. Another way to think of it is “what we focus on…grows”. Or, most succinctly “as you think, so you become”. Earlier this year, I was listening to a favorite podcast, the One You Feed. It is named for the parable of the two wolves at battle within each of us.…
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It Takes a Village
Tell me whom you frequent, and I will tell you who you are. ~ French Proverb They say it takes a village to raise a child. What I’ve found is that it takes a village to do just about anything. Growing up, I didn’t know getting through life took a village. I thought everyone I came into contact with was competent, knowledgeable, and self-reliant…that somehow my needing help was a personal deficit. The insecurity I felt was my proof of this. Most unfortunate was that I believed that this deficit must be hidden at all costs. What I have come to learn is that self-sufficiency is a lie. Not just that it’s impossible, but…
