53. Egoscue Works For Me Today marks two years that I have gone to an Egoscue clinic—and two years that I have done their exercises and positions 5-6 days a week. Before I discovered Egoscue I had had a knee surgeon tell me that I needed double knee...
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August 10, 2012 Ann
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52. Pitch Your Tent I mentioned in #13 having a couple of years when I went to the national Clown, Mime, Puppet, and Dance Conferences. I heard the following story at one of those events. And it is true. There was an Episcopal bishop in Wisconsin. He was...
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August 9, 2012 Ann
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51. I Can’t Make You Be Mad Have you ever said to someone, “You make me SO mad!” Years ago I learned that that’s just not true. Because my reaction to someone else is my decision. I decide to react in a certain way and I can change...
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August 8, 2012 Ann
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50. Celebrate! I have friends who know how to celebrate. For over forty years I have watched their whole family celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, highschool graduations, special times. And as they celebrate, they are acknowledging as a family that each person deserves recognition. They are the Dannhausers and just...
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August 7, 2012 Ann
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49. I Can Do One Thing for Peace I write this on August 6th, the day of the bombing of Hiroshima, and I remind myself each year that it is up to me to work for peace. Some years ago when I lived in Nyack, NY I went...
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August 6, 2012 Ann
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48. Yogi Berra Says There’s a quote (among many) from Yogi Berra that says: If you come to a fork in the road, take it. Doesn’t it make it you smile? And yet, there’s wisdom there. Sometimes you come to a fork in the road and you can...
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August 5, 2012 Ann
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47. Jesus Loves Me I don’t remember it because I was so young, but my mother used to tell me that when I was two years old, I stood in front of the church and sang “Jesus Loves Me” all by myself. When I think of myself as...
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August 4, 2012 Ann
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46. Mystery Box There are answers I will never have. There are things I may always wonder about and not know for sure. And most of the time that’s o.k. with me. At the Bible Study I have attended for the past nine years, I often refer to...
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August 3, 2012 Ann
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45. A Wisdom Story I can’t remember exactly where I got this story but it has been a powerful one for me and I am still trying to learn from it. There is a story of monks who lived in a monastery in the woods and their numbers...
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August 2, 2012 Ann
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35. You Reap What You Sow In 2nd Corinthians 9:6, it says: The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. The grandchild story that illustrates that for me is when Zack and I were driving along a...
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August 1, 2012 Ann
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