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FINISHING TOUCH ON WHAT YOU START

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How often do you get to add the finishing touch on what you start?
Most of the time we move the pile of expectations, but it moves so slow it’s hard to know it moved at all.
Give it a shot, do your best, and maybe, just maybe, things will work out the way you intended.
That hard part is living with the consequences of inaction.
What’s that like?
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EXPERT OPINIONS? CHECK REFERENCES

Before you act on expert opinions, do one thing first.
Check references? Nooo, not yet.
First, ask why you need to trust someone when they ask.
After you’ve got trust locked in, be a good listener.
Believe them when they tell you who they are, after checking references.
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THE BIGGER WORLD AT YOUR DOORSTEP

With the question in my last post answered so soundly, I think I’m on a roll to solve problems, shed light in the darkness, and make the world a better place for others to roam freely.
Just between us, how does this work? My wife.
Marry the right woman and the clouds part, the sun shines, and path forward is clear.
That path led to the Bethlehem House Of Bread.
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WRITING TIME CHALLENGE TO PITY BOOMERPDX

Non-writers will never understand writing time, which I get.
Who sits down daily, or any time, to tap out sentence after sentence.
One day? Maybe. Once in a while? A few times a week? Sure, go entertain yourself.
But why get all weird and drag it on for, let me check, drag it on since 2012?
Now I need your help. This is an ask:
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SOUND JUDGEMENT? THE SIGNS

Sound of mind and body is one thing, sound judgement another.
Starting with sound:
Free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension?
We try, but nooooo.
Exhibiting or based on thorough knowledge and experience?
I like this, but nooo.
This is more like it:

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RADIATION, HYDRATION, SATURATION, REPEAT

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ON THE GROUND

  Ty likes the way Mandy’s earrings lay, against her skin so brown. They’ll fly to Hawaii next week, after their wedding vows. He’s got a peaceful, easy, feeling, he knows she won’t let him down. Because they’re already standing on the ground.   Mandy found out a long time ago, what love can do […]

BOOMERPDX ‘TRUE OR FALSE’ ON FOOTBALL

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GOODBYE PORTLAND IT’S BEEN FUN

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ABIQUA FALLS DREAMSCAPE, OREGON TREASURE

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OREGON LOVE IN THE DISTRICT

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