Posts Tagged ‘choice’

Reverse Your Downward Spiral

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

How do you feel when you’ve turned a corner in your life and there, ahead of you, is . . . another obstacle? Aren’t you tempted to give in to discouragement? Don’t you sometimes ask yourself, ‘Is this all really worth it?’

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Turning Obligation into Celebration

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

If everything that your family does to prepare for, to celebrate, and to clean up from the holidays is done with only just a little love, the drudgery and obligation of this time of year can be transformed into a real celebration. Without it, I have my doubts.

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When ‘Bored’ Is the Name of Your Game

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

What recourse do you have when you get what you want, and you discover that it’s not what you really wanted, after all?

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I’ll Take the High Road — Will You?

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

When the old principles from childhood start to erode under pressure from the realities of mature decision-making, sooner or later it becomes clear that ethical decisions are incredibly more nuanced than we had been led to believe.

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More Than Muddling Through

Friday, August 8th, 2008

What’s the alternative to muddling through life, pretending that your permanent condition is just a temporary one? As the signs of the shortening of the years become more obvious, how do keep yourself from taking more and more outlandish risks just to prove that you don’t see what you see, feel what you feel, and know what you know?

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