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My Pause For Power Moment For This Morning…
I am taking some time this morning to follow the advice of one of my most treasured friends, Richa Badami. Richa has a theory, I guess you’d call it, that she calls Pausing for Power. Pausing for Power means taking time to reflect, to breathe, to slow everything down and regroup…regain that power within you when everything goes sideways. Today I am letting you in on my Pause for Power moment…but jut this once! I’ve gotten to a place in my life where things are just not where I would like them to be. We all go through these times, of course, but mine has been an extended stay. I…
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Life With Balance
As a working mom, I often times find that my biggest struggle lies in finding a good balance in my life. I am a “people pleaser”, so it is important to me to make sure my clients are happy, my children eat home cooked meals and have help with their homework, and that my house is somewhat in order. With so many thing on my plate these days, I find myself in a juggling act of sorts…and I’m on the losing end! Something always suffers. If I put more time towards work, then I don’t get a workout in and most likely make poor food choices. If I take…
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The Good Things…and So Much More
Oh my goodness, what a heck of a day it’s been! Work has been kicking my rumpus lately…but in a good way. When you start a business with just an idea and a lot of “we really need money right now so you had better make this work” there is a lot of time being put in that you’re not exactly being paid for. My husband hates that part, but it is what it is. I have to say, when I started my job I really didn’t enjoy what I was doing. I was more of the “working for the paycheck” kinda gal. Now that I have a number of…
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Easter Without Good Friday
Fr. Marek last night gave a very thought-provoking homily. Looking around at the surprisingly empty church, he says “Many times people think Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter are three separate days. Really they are one.” He went on to explain how when you think about the events of each day it’s really like Jesus had one big long day from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion and then His burial. This is an awesome time of year when we as Christians can reflect on the true meaning of Jesus’s life and death and it”s profound effect on our lives…and deaths. Father then explained how many times in our lives…
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Live well, shall we?
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A Season of Change
I was reminded last Sunday during the sermon that Lent is about change. And in order for change to come about we must leave something behind. This “something” may be our old habits, maybe old friends or family members who are influencing our lives negatively, or even old goals that just don’t seem that important to us anymore. When we leave these things behind they are replaced by new things, right? New goals, new friends, new habits…things that move us in a more positive direction so we can progress through life and leave the world a better place than we found it. This is a wonderful theory but it’s based…
