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Dignity – The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.1 To signify that a being has an innate right to be valued and receive ethical treatment.2 I am part of the Wholehearted Revolution and a huge fan of Brene Brown, whose groundbreaking work has greatly transformed my life. In her recent Gifts…

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You can’t give what you don’t have… Before you can truly give love to others, you must first have love to give. Or else, it can become dysfunctional, manipulative, clingy… An unhealthy twist that comes from a finite source. Often contaminated by fear… But, to give love that is pure, unconditional, liberating, even healing, it…

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Maya Angelou died yesterday. For some reason, this hit me much harder than I expected. I caught myself crying freely when I first read the news. And then, several times more, yesterday, after hearing her warm, strong, rich voice during a tribute on NPR. “Fierce grace” indeed”. When I first heard the news, my first…

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Let it go, Let it go, Can’t hold it back anymore!!! I listen to my daughters belting their hearts out… Twirling and leaping… Repeating that infamous ear-worm from Disney’s “Frozen” over and over and over again! Groan. I take solace in knowing that almost every parent out there is going through the same pain and…

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Screens. They hold our eyeballs hostage. Our imaginations captured by the mundane, the trivial, the distracting… Oh look, a shiny toy! Our friendships fritter, marriages decay, children neglected. “Let’s hang out!” “Yes, Let’s do coffee really soon!” “Cool, let me know when works for you!” Weeks pass. A chance encounter. Awkward silence. Vague acknowledgements. Weak…

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Generosity is the habit of giving without expecting anything in return (Wiki) A clenched fist is one of the saddest images I know. People grasp desperately, holding on to the little they have and afraid of losing what they have. Certain of impending, inevitable scarcity. On the surface, this makes sense. But this arises from…

Read more about Generosity – Why you can never out-give God…