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Everyday Stories, Lived

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  • How does one waste a life anyway?

    It’s easy to waste your life away when you don’t look beyond the now and see yourself in the future. How does one waste a life anyway? By seeking momentary pleasures and not thinking of what should be done today that can make tomorrow better. I remember a girl who had just turned sixteen, who Read more

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  • Work performance in terms of effort and focus

    From my previous blog posts, we have already talked about the old “work hard” paradigm and what it means to work smart. And if you’ve been wondering how other people seem to know exactly what they want to get done, here’s a helpful work performance matrix from the book Great at Work: How Top Performers Read more

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  • Mourning and a hope for tomorrow

    I was at a funeral earlier. It felt like being in two places simultaneously, like between life and death. Indeed, being reminded of death is humbling. We are drawn back to the reality that our lives here on earth will soon end. That no matter how far our dreams for the future go, we still Read more

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  • Midlife crisis

    Midlife crisis

    Suggested reading: Article — How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be Book — Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler Podcast highlights: From How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be: The (midlife) crisis soon expanded from Jaques’ original definition to include practically any inner strife. You could have one Read more

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  • A day in Your courts

    For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 AMPC The day spent for the Lord replenishes the soul and makes it ready Read more

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  • Playing catch-up

    Being sidetracked with problems you never anticipated keeps you from getting things done. And playing catch-up doesn’t feel good, especially when trying to do the things you have missed for a couple of days. Read more

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  • Letter no. 25

    Dear reader from the future, After an emotional hurricane that swept us for two weeks, the turmoil finally subsided, and the peace of the Lord prevailed. While the trouble makers finally made their exit out the door and our lives can now continue free from disputes, my body has called it a break. No, my Read more

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