Category: Focused Simplicity
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Some People are Just Mean
I am a little late on the post today because family always comes first. We all had a case of cabin fever, so we donned masks and went to a bookstore. Here we are my husband, me and five of our children walking into the store masks on, chatting and laughing. There were very few…
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Loyalty is a Choice
I have talked about trust being a choice. Loyalty is also a choice. Trust and loyalty are opposite sides of the same coin. You can be a person who is trustworthy or not. You can choose to be loyal to some people in your life or not. I think that loyalty is situational and personable.…
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Never Again
I have lost so many friends over my lifetime. Sometimes it was my fault and other times life just happened. After the last painful betrayal of my best friend, I made a decision to never put myself in a situation that allows someone to break my heart again. It is human nature to either trust…
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Almost my Everything
Who is your person? Every human should have one person. That one who you can count on and trust through everything. I am sorry to say that for most people, it is a risky venture to choose a person. I have chosen wrong a few times. I have trusted people, some for many years, just…
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Will You Ever Fall in Love?
Yes and no. Love is a verb. Love has levels. Love is either there or it is not. You choose to love. I believe that love is an action you choose. However, I also know I fell in love with my husband. I fell in love when I looked into the eyes of my children,…
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Spiritual Tired
I am bone tired. I can’t think. All I can do is sigh and try to keep my eyes from closing. Last night I went to bed before dark. I woke up after hours of sleep and still felt like I could not stay awake. What is this exhaustion? It is a weird tired. A…
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I swear…
I want to promise that I will not impulse buy not one thing for the entire month of May. I know I can’t keep that promise, so I won’t swear to it. Like a few of you being out of my normal routine has caused me to buy things on line. I have a propensity…
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It is May Day
When I was a child May Day was a fun event. There were festivals, flowers, sweet treats, dances, and May poles. I remember it being a celebration of Spring. I wonder what happened to May Day fun? I don’t hear of that anymore. In any case, today is beautiful where I am. The sun is…
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Broken but Good
I have been broken. At the time I was sure my life was over. Things could not get any worse. Then things changed. I was wrong. Things improved. Sometimes we are broken for good. Sometimes we can’t become better than who we are until we are broken of the mundane mediocre life we settled for.…
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We bring pain to ourselves.
Yes things hurt. We get hurt by others and we get physical pain inflicted on us by things we can not control. However, there are so many things that we do that cause ourselves pain. From jobs we choose to lack of care to our bodies and minds. We must be mindful of what we…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 