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Life Plan? What To Do When Life Moves On

September 12, 2017 by

If I read a book I turn the page. That’s how it works with book reading. Turn the page, then another and another until there’s no more pages.   Call that story a page turner.   A life plan when life moves on without you feels the same. Maybe you didn’t turn the page, but […]

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MARK ZUCKERBERG BUILDS PURPOSE ON FACEBOOK WALL

May 27, 2017 by

    For big life questions, Mark Zuckerberg has big answers. From his Harvard commencement address: Today I want to talk about purpose. But I’m not here to give you the standard commencement about finding your purpose. We’re millennials. We’ll try to do that instinctively. Instead, I’m here to tell you finding your purpose isn’t […]

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LIFE CHANGE UP? SAW-WING BATTER, BATTER, BATTER

May 23, 2017 by

  See a fat pitch down the middle and get hold of it. After that they all look like a fat pitch down the middle. All you need to do is stand in and swing for the fences T-ball style. That’s baseball, but how does it connect to your busy life?

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OPIOID SOUNDS TOO PRETTY, CALL IT WHAT IT IS

May 20, 2017 by

    Imagine it on BBC: “Oh, Countess, could you please have your man-servant retrieve the opioid?” You’ve heard it before: Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. Painkillers fall into that category. After they kill pain, they choke out the person you used to be. If you don’t stop the opioid, […]

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LIVING UNDER A PORTLAND CHERRY BLOSSOM CANOPY FOR AN AFTERNOON

April 4, 2017 by

    Portland cherry blossom between Burnside and Steel This side of a drone video the best place to see the whole run of the Portland cherry blossom parade is the on ramp off Front to the Steel Bridge. Just enough space and height to see the beautiful curve of nature. It looks deserted at […]

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WRITE YOUR STORY SOONER THAN LATER

February 14, 2017 by

      You can handle your frightening truth, so write your story.   Writers inspired by Inspirational Writers lean toward inspirational writing? It seems natural. Buying Gabriele Lusser Rico’s Writing the Natural Way felt just as natural. Who doesn’t need ‘A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Writing Confidence.’ I know I do. I feel more creative […]

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STORY ARC, LIFE ARC. SAME THING?

February 13, 2017 by

      You can hold a story in your hand, but it’s better on the page.   It’s funny how a picture explains everything if you let it. A life arc begins and ends, birth and death and all the stuff in between. But unless you commit to the thousand words a picture might […]

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GIVING CAREGIVING SHOWS EXTRA LIFE

January 22, 2017 by

The biggest booster from giving caregiving?   Adapted for Parkinson’s, it becomes “Hate the disease, love the relationships it builds.” It works for most every disease at every age. The idea of extra life works for all, too. Doctors treating Parkinson’s are the key relationship, but they need equally strong links to those in their patients’ lives. One link of […]

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BIG BUSINESS WEED LIFE

July 10, 2016 by

Where real life and weed life cross. The scene: Six hundred sq ft, two bedroom duplex on West 420 and Avenue J with the co-owner living on the other side. One bedroom is rigged as a marijuana grow room with every state, city, and county license, permit, and certificate posted on the door. Their motto: […]

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LIFE LONG LEARNING STARTS EARLY

April 16, 2016 by

Baby Boomers do life long learning out of habit. What’s your excuse? Yes, I’m certified for leadership. At least that’s what the Fort Ord Leadership Academy says. What does a 21 Hour Leader Preparation Program do? In the wrong hands it turns a decent person into a tyrant. In the right hands it makes for […]

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