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"If the Buddha had two kids, a dog named Blue, a Southern accent, and a huge crush on Johnny Depp, his name would be Patti Digh," wrote one reviewer after Digh's grassroots bestseller, Life Is a Verb, was published. In 2003, Patti Digh's stepfather was diagnosed with lung cancer and died just 37 days later. She woke up on day 38 and asked herself a question that she has asked every morning since: "What would I be doing today if I only had 37 days to live?"

Patti's award-winning blog, 37days.com, emerged from the lessons she learned by asking that question and soon the essays were crafted into the bestselling book LIFE IS A VERB: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally. Patti has since written FOUR-WORD SELF-HELP: Simple Wisdom
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911

I am not interested in political statements or warnings or diatribes on this anniversary of 9/11.

I’m not inclined to write a post about how we’ve lost our way in the years since then, about how the terrorists have won if their goal was to irretrievably break this country apart and allow fundamentalism to take root in the gaps left by horror. No.

Still, all those American flags after

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“Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list.”
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“People don't stop being bullies when they grow up. They just dress differently to fool you.”
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“The shortest distance between two people is a story.”
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Tamara Suttle “We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.”

Thank you, Patti for saying this. You are a blessing.


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Tom Blubaugh Hi Patti,

Thanks for joining my circle of friends.

Blessings,

Tom


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