A small act is worth a million thoughts. — Ai Weiwei. I have always dreamed, had big plans and great ideas, but none are worth a grain of salt until I act. The hardest decision, it seems, is that first step. This morning I considered why? To take that first step, to perform that small…

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Few things limit us more profoundly than our own beliefs about what we deserve, and few things liberate us more powerfully than daring to broaden our locus of possibility and self-permission for happiness. — Maria Popova. This morning, I found myself thinking about the above wisdom. How often do we beat ourselves up, believing we…

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They ate and were filled, and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. — Mark 8:8. When I was a a child, the feeding of the multitudes fascinated me. Had Jesus pulled off the greatest of all magic tricks? How did he do it? As I grew up, I heard many logical…

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“When will you comfort me.” — Psalm 119:82. One quickly learns to never check the box yes if the question is, “Have you ever been depressed?” At a minimum you will find yourself answering a hundred more questions about your mental health. On sabbatical a “yes” answer would send you straight to solitary confinement. The truth…

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For God alone my soul in silence waits…. — Psalm 62:6. Every now and then my morning meditation takes me to that place where “my soul in silence waits.” It doesn’t happen often. I have too many mosquitos flying around in my head, but every now and then I reach that point where calm takes over…

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