heart of the matter

My father used to say “nothing good happens after midnight”. Was it a deeply held belief or something to keep his teenagers in line and in the house before dark?   This phrase leapt to mind when my phone buzzed at 3 am. My daughter-in-law asked if I could go to the ER to be…

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how to stop looking for easy steps in three easy steps

I noticed a recent compulsion of mine to read blogs offering post after post after post of self-development strategies in the form of lists.  My noticing led to wondering. What is the draw? Why the need to find answers that are neatly tied up in formulas and acrostics? And what place do strategies have in…

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