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Posted on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

I wave around this wand of patience, like some sort of magic stick, hoping all my problems will somehow magically disappear. Patience with others is applied much more easily then with myself.

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Posted on April 7, 2022April 8, 2022

I was dying for a lot of years, yet through immense pain and the gift of desperation, and now dealing with grift and loss, I’m able to start living again, and you can too.

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Posted on February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

Faith takes immense courage, courage takes strength, strength takes tenacity, tenacity takes endurance and endurance means letting go.

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I’m Fine

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Posted on January 18, 2022February 10, 2022

If you tell one person about this blog and they tell one person and that person tells another, this whole thing might help one individual…

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One Brave Man

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Posted on December 21, 2021

One day a brave man came into my life. He gained my trust. He was gentle and kind, and I was not. I never liked anyone who got too close to me, yet his persistence and patience was intriguing to me.

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Time Machine

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Posted on December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Take a trip in your time machine, look back at all you have achieved, you’ll be surprised what you will find.

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The White Corridor

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Posted on November 23, 2021November 22, 2021

God would explain everything to me, he would cry with me and tell funny jokes. Every moment would be as though time never existed.

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The Devil is Not in the Details

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Posted on November 22, 2021November 22, 2021

I guess you could say that among that pile of garbage was a gem even I couldn’t see.

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Posted on November 18, 2021November 17, 2021

Now that I’ve taken the time to learn and with lots of help, it’s one of the most wonderful gifts I’ve received, something I give back to myself.

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Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021

Humility has taught me how to put my pride and ego aside — most importantly, it has taught me how to ask for help… how to learn to listen, and listen to learn.

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