Life
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Reading a novel, watching a movie
Reading a novel pushes your mind to imagine things based on how you interpret the words of its author. But seeing its interpretation in a motion picture makes the story more alive. It’s a bonus to see it in the movie just as you imagined. All the better when your mind is opened to new Read more
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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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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
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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