Tag: fear
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The Light Will Come

When local meteorologists assume the role of Dougie Downer to let us living in Florida know that this will be a rough hurricane season, the rising winds and darkening clouds make me wonder if IT is coming. We’ve lived through the effects of hurricanes. Gratefully we don’t live on the coast, so we don’t have…
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No Way Out

photo courtesy of Ellen Tanner on Unsplash I’m an impatient person. I can be composed, even patient, with people. But we all have our “stuff” that causes us to be later than expected or unaware of necessary steps we need to take. However, I’m not at all about waiting for elevators, escalators, or anything that…
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The Sweetness Of Solace

From the time we’re little, we need to be comforted. When babies are born, they’re often crying, and being placed on their mother’s chest or cuddled by their dad often calms them as they observe their new circumstances. With the birth of each of my children, they chose different things to be their comforter, like…
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Slither And Slime

photo courtesy of Jan Kopriva on Unsplash I don’t like snakes. I don’t know many people who do. My manly son and sons-in-law loathe them–and they’re not bothered by much. We had an open field near us growing up, and we often found garter snakes there. A few of the boys we were friends with…
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Does Leaving Ever Help?

With realtors, the saying about the best properties is location, location, location. Where we are, where we call home, can make a huge difference in how we craft our perspective on our lives and circumstances. Home can be a place of security and comfort, a known space that allows us to decompress and breathe. A…