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How a “Dirt League” Can Make Your Summer Less Busy and More Fun

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Tweet We’re often told that the secret to hap­pi­ness is to take the road less trav­eled. Often­times, it cer­tainly seems like there must be a bet­ter way to do things than our cur­rent approach. But the prob­lem is that the “beaten” path is so well-paved, well-marked and well-lit, that frankly, it can be hard to […]

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How To Be Brave When You’re Off The Beaten Path

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Tweet Helen Keller once said, “We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.” I would amend that state­ment to include “and if we never got off the beaten path.” If we try, we can remem­ber our own past brav­ery as a way to help us feel […]

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Connecting The Dots

Tweet Sev­eral years ago I read a book called the Cam­bridge Hand­book of Exper­tise and Expert Per­for­mance. To sum­ma­rize this and cred­i­bly weighty tome, it basi­cally said that to become world-class at any­thing you need the 4P’s. Pas­sion: if you don’t really love what you’re doing, there is no way you will ever become an expert […]

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Lessons From A Rock Cairn

Tweet Rock cairn:  noun 1.  A human-made pile of stones erected to define a trail or mark a memo­r­ial    2.  A small breed of ter­rier from Scot­land Cairns are found all over the world, and have dif­fer­ent spir­i­tual mean­ings and his­tor­i­cal pur­poses.   When a large rock is placed on top of smaller rocks the cairn […]

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The Mountains Of Our Life

Tweet “It is not the moun­tain we con­quer but our­selves.” ~ Edmund Hillary As I sit here, I am trans­ported back to a moment from a cou­ple of years back, from our visit to Mount Rainier, in Wash­ing­ton state.  This pic­ture — a favorite of mine — jumped out at me.  A reminder of our […]

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Music For The Soul: Courage Is

Tweet Note: If you’re hav­ing trou­ble view­ing this, please click here. The Strange Famil­iar: Courage Is ~ Com­ments Closed ~

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