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Do you know your neighbors? I mean, do you have dinner with them and do social things with them?

As our cousin, Mike, and I finished our run yesterday, we stopped to talk with a neighbor who was walking her two dogs.

Her husband, recently retired, was at the August 28 Glenn Beck rally and I asked, “What did he think?”

She said he was very inspired. The message was about returning honor and God to our society.

We can only hope, eh? And maybe, just maybe, we start with the person in our mirror.

Is It A Sanctuary To A Prisoner?

Where is your sanctuary?

Where do you go to think special thoughts, and do special things?

How often do you treat yourself?

Or, is it not a treat, but rather a daily obligation?

Where is your sanctuary?

For many, and I know this all too well, work is their sanctuary, their special place.

Like this Leopard and the workaholic, does their sanctuary become a prison?

“I have a dream, that one day our Nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed – We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

Today in history, 47 years ago.

Why there was ever a time when anyone had to dream such a dream is almost incomprehensible.

What were people thinking when this was not part of everyday life?

Martin Luther King had the right idea. Dream impossible dreams. Great dreams. Dreams that require courageous leadership.

If you follow all five blogs, you know that Sundays in August are earmarked for short You Tube videos I’ve shot.

This is the first Spirit themed video from May 17, 2009.

Do you ever get the chance to look back in time, for laughs, for posterity, for memories?

Our Church community friends lost their beloved daughter, and were advertising a dinner gala, featuring Lou Holtz, to raise money for the foundation they established in their daughter’s memory.

Mine was an unplanned attempt to do something, however small, to help their cause.

Mother Teresa reminds us that if you can’t do great things, do small things with great Love.

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One Nation, Under God

Earlier this month, I saw an ABC Evening News report that stated 55% of Americans say the Iraq war wasn’t worth it.

Hindsight is 20/20.

Tough choices surround us.

And sometimes suffocate us.

A leader, right or wrong, must make decisions that no one can predict how it will play out.

Same thing when you do nothing.

Same thing with your own personal responsibility, like I was saying in yesterday’s post, “You Won’t”.

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What If It Was?

Clutter. It’s everywhere and impacts everyone. I was addressing some of my own last week.

And here is a voice memo I listened to as I was cleaning out files. Have also copied the December 19, 2009 post for another angle.

President Obama & Sobriety 12.19.09

Hello Love

Who’s your favorite Christian artist?

Mine?

Chris Tomlin

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Each Monday, the traditional work week begins. And in the 27 years I’ve been with my current (Fortune 100) employer, I’ve never had a traditional schedule.

So I get it.

Not everyone works 9-5, M-F.

In fact, I worked this past Saturday AND Sunday, far away from home to top it off.

Twenty-seven years.

And my wife, she’s worked for the same Fortune 100 organization as me.

She’s had weekends off for 26 years.

Twenty-six years.

Whatever day your “Monday” is, find the blessings in it.

Because if you don’t, who will?  Someone else?  Doubtful.

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Monday Is A Special Place, Isn't It?

Where's Your Refuge?

Is your life busy? Hectic? Crazy? Overwhelming? Glorious? Blessed? Balanced?

Where do you feel closest to God?

What Makes Life Fun?

Do you have happiness and wellness as a goal?

There’s not much of it out there in the world, if you look closely.

There are pockets of happiness and wellness, and like many things in life, rather elusive.

And yet, we can have them both. All we have to do is count our blessings and quit comparing.