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I saw this quote, and it made me think of my single friends and those friends who may be struggling in their current relationships or lack thereof. We learn from all of our relationships…friendships, spouses, partners, family. And some of those lessons are extremely hard. We need to believe that those lessons lead us to the ulitmate relationship where you can live, thrive and experience the greatest peace.

May your next lover be your life partner, not another life lesson. May it be the kind of love that brings peace, consistency, and growth, not another chapter you have to heal from.

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The Right Doors

October 7, 2026 No Comments

I saw this quote the other day and thought it needed to be shared. Sometimes we get so frustrated when our lives don’t seem to be moving in the direction we want them to go. But I believe things happen for some reason or another. So when you are ready, the next door will open up for you. Just keep grinding and becoming a better version of yourself every day.

The right doors won’t open for you until you are the version of yourself that’s supposed to walk through them.

~ unknown

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Too Easy

September 16, 2026 No Comments

Why do we find it so easy to hate and destroy each other rather than praising, loving, and building each other up? I don’t understand it, but I see it around me every day. Why can’t we spread love as easily as we spread hate? Let’s try to find the positive in each other and tell one another.

It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.

~ Queen Elizabeth II

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Your Death

July 15, 2026 No Comments

Your death is the one thing you can count on. How you live your life is up to you. You can complain that you didn’t get a fair deal or that life is too hard, but it is all what you make of it. If you don’t like your life as it is, change it. Your happiness is a choice. We all know the older we get, the closer it comes. So live life well and do it with grace and kindness. Just do unto others as you would like them to do unto you.

Your death will come on an ordinary day-in the middle of unfinished plans, unanswered messages, and dreams still in progress.

The work will keep turning…But eternity will begin.

So don’t just live a little, live for what lasts. Walk with God. Love deeply. Forgive quickly. Speak truth. Choose what honors Christ.

Because one ordinary day here becomes forever there.

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Your Job

June 17, 2026 No Comments

I think we all try to change people, and we need to realize that we can’t. People need to change for themselves. It is not our job to judge people either. It is our job to find people we want to surround ourselves with. Surround yourself with like-minded people who are always striving to be a better version of themselves and who can help you become a better version of yourself. If they are not, then they don’t need to be in your circle.

It is not your job to police anyone else’s behavior or educate them on who you think they should be. Your only job is to filter (for yourself) who gets a ticket into your world, and who needs to stay at the gate.

~ Amy Young

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Do It Anyway

June 3, 2026 No Comments

People may not appreciate what you do or say when you are kind and honest. And many people may not like it when you find happiness. But you need to be true to yourself and not let anyone else bring you down.

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

~ Mother Teresa

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What We Learn

May 27, 2026 No Comments

What we learn as we get older is that life doesn’t always go as we plan. We need to learn to control what we can and not worry about what we can’t. Life is going to throw us lemons so let’s make lemonade.

At my age, I’ve learned that most of what we worry about never happens, and most of what does happen we never saw coming. So here’s my advice: prepare for what you can, accept what you can’t, and spend more time living than worrying. The graveyards are full of people who died with perfect plans but unlived lives. Don’t be one of them.

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One Day

May 13, 2026 1 Comment

I saw this quote the other day on Facebook, and it hit home for me. I was just thinking now that I am 50, I have probably lived over half of my life. I doubt I will make it to 100 so I need to cherish the time I have left by living life to the fullest. I also need to evaluate what things make my life better and get rid of the things that don’t.

One day you realize you’ve probably lived more years than you have left…and suddenly you stop tolerating things that waste your life.

~ unknown

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Be Present

April 29, 2026 No Comments

Let’s try to stay present in each moment. Enjoy where we are in life. Too many times, we are rushing or striving for the next greatest thing instead of just enjoying where we are and how far we’ve come.

You’re constantly worrying about the next part of your life without realizing that you’re right in the middle of what you used to look forward to.

~ Power of Positivity

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Maturity

April 15, 2026 No Comments

A lot of times, we need to realize that when someone lashes out at you, the problem is really about something that is going on inside of them. They may be having a bad day, and instead of pausing and trying to turn their day around, they take their frustrations out on other people. Maturity is realizing that and not lashing back and not taking it personally.

Maturity is realizing most things aren’t about you. The bad driver is having their own day. The short email has nothing to do with your worth. The friend who didn’t call back is fighting their own battles. Taking things less personally is a skill that creates space for peace.

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words of the day

Your Next Lover

The Right Doors

Too Easy

Your Death

Your Job

Do It Anyway

What We Learn

One Day

Be Present

Maturity

Missing Gram

Letter to Gram