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Yesterday is Not Today Unless We Choose It To Be

Tell a new story, one that you love. Has this ever happened to you? As you read a book, it transported you to the time and place it was happening. Maybe it was so effective that you were irritated when someone interrupted you, making you return to the “real” world? As an author, I hope […]

Perception Rules

Perception Rules: Choose the ones you want to live with. One morning, on my walk, I saw a woman walking a dog. Clueless about dog breeds, I just knew it was big and brown. The next time I passed her, coming the other way, she was still walking a dog. This time, it was big […]

This is me today. I Won’t Be The Same Tomorrow.

And yet, I will be. I wonder what would happen if we all saw the past as not something to be lived over and over again, but as a past story we once read. What if we could let go of the hurts, disappointments, mistakes, idiotic things, or even the amazing things we did when […]

Algorithms: Love Them Or Hate Them

They Don’t care. Algorithms affect all aspects of our lives. Whenever you choose something online, shop, read, search, or map a destination, you trigger an algorithm. And that little darling, that lives to serve, says to itself, “Ah, this is what she likes. Let’s eliminate things that get in the way of her finding what […]

Riding Time As A Bird Rides The Wind

It’s Always The Last Time Sometimes we know when it will be the last time. Most often, we don’t. Sometimes we wish it was the last time, but we can’t seem to stick to that agreement to let go. The truth is, it’s always the last time. We will never be exactly the same person […]

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Let Grief Expand Into Joy

Let go, celebrate life, and allow joy. I didn’t notice how hard my year had been until I started on the final edit of the book Follow Me Here. It all started last May, my favorite month of the year. Behind the scenes of everyday life, I would discover what grief feels like. It began […]

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Does What We Think Create? No.

For a few years, I had a very special bluebird who always did the strangest thing in April. We have many bluebirds near our home, but this one was different. He visited me. He would move between my windows and my glass door, hitting his beak on the glass. Bump, bump, and tap, tap. He […]

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If Life Is A Story, It Has Plot Points: Does it matter if you know what they are?

I’m nearing the end of the first draft of my next book, and the surprise I expected just happened. It always does. Although I plan out the story by knowing the beginning, expected ending (which may or may not happen that way), and the plot points along the way, I let the story unfold. This […]

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Do You Like The Story You Are Telling?

If not, why not write another one? “In the beginning was the Word.” John 1:1 Notice that this phrase doesn’t say “words.” Nor does it mention stories. That’s because words and stories belong within our version of creation. Perhaps our version is a realm, a dimension, or a computer game. Who knows? Not me. What […]

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Your Human Package Is Always Going To Say No…

But you can say yes. Waiting for your human brain to want to do something means you’ll probably be waiting forever. Well, maybe not forever, since forever is, well, forever. But definitely, it will be a rare event when you wake up and want to—really want to—clean the house, write a book, or make the […]

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