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    The first mistake of the year!

    This post may contain affiliated links I once read an illustration that went something like this*: A potter making a new pot began by intentionally marring the pot. He does so because it is inevitable that he will make mistakes and his work will fall short of perfection. By purposefully making an error, he frees himself […]

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    One month later

    One month later

    From a 1963 letter by Mark Twain via Letters of Note. How are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions? I myself did not resolve, except to take what comes. (As opposed to curling up in a ball and weeping, I guess. I’ve mostly succeeded. Mostly.) But those of you who did resolve, how have […]

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    My New Year thing

    Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, there are a few movements to encourage people to adopt one word as a sort of theme for their lives.  Some examples I’ve seen are discipline, brave, abide, and intentional.  I love the concept and reading what some people have chosen and why is truly inspirational.  But I won’t […]

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    Deliberate

    That’s my New Year’s Resolution: to be more deliberate, to live deliberately. This past year has been hard.  No major tragedies or upheavals (although family members and friends have faced both), but  just hard in a “pecked to death by baby ducks” and “if it’s not one thing it’s another” sort of way.  There were […]

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