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JumpStart – Tourist Eyes

Video Audio Synopsis One of the things I love about living in Key Largo, FL is seeing the look of rapture and joy on the eyes of tourists. It’s so easy to get accustomed to ourselves, our lives, and our surroundings such that we almost don’t see or appreciate what’s present. Today let’s talk about […]

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JumpStart – Respect

Video Audio Synopsis It was Geoffrey Chaucer who popularized the saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt” and with so many of us trapped at home with family that quote rings more true now than ever. But what is contempt? The dictionary defines “contempt” as “the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or […]

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JumpStart – Patience

Video Audio Synopsis 16th Century French monk and writer François Rabelais said, “He who can have patience, can compass anything.” Back then, the word “compass” wasn’t just used as a noun (a tool to help you find where you’re going), “compass” was also used as a verb (meaning “to get around”). Therefore, Rabelais saying “If […]

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JumpStart – Dirty Dishes

Video Audio Synopsis Have you heard about the theory of broken windows? The theory states that policing minor crimes such as breaking a window in a vacant building creates an atmosphere of lawfulness that permeates an entire neighborhood. One broken window unpunished or replaced, the theory states, invites more. The same is true for you […]

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JumpStart – Your Load

Video Audio Synopsis 19th Century poet Ian MacLaren wrote, “Be kind. Everyone you meet is carrying a heavy burden.” That statement is more true now than ever. Did you know that according to psychologists, each of us has what’s called an allostatic load — think of a stress thermostat where if things get too stressful […]

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JumpStart – Social Anxiety

Video Audio Synopsis Something crazy that occurred to me is, “ I wonder if people with severe social anxiety are benefiting from not having to go to work with others? I don’t mean that to sound insensitive – – and today I want to address my own social anxiety – – yes, I experience social […]

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Jumpstart – Integrity

Video Audio Synopsis *** SOUND ISSUES FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 2 MINUTES *** Scrub forward until you can hear me. Thanks for not complaining ;-D C.S. Lewis said, “Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.” Well, during the quarantine we find ourselves at home with no one watching and so, […]

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Jumpstart – Like Attracts Like

Video Audio Synopsis One of the great benefits of people having to separate for a while during the COVID 19 epidemic is that we have an opportunity to make new and better choices going forward. Most of our habits have been up-ended and we keep and which we discard. The same is true with people. […]

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Jumpstart – See Me

Video Audio Synopsis During this time of social distancing, we get the struggle of not being able to be with the ones we love. But do we fully embrace the challenge we, as social animals, are having with not BEING SEEN? We not only have a need to be around other people, but we also […]

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JumpStart – See Me

Video Audio Synopsis During this time of social distancing, we get the struggle of not being able to be with the ones we love. But do we fully embrace the challenge we, as social animals, are having with not BEING SEEN? We not only have a need to be around other people, but we also […]

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