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Taking time…

Feeling low on inspiration? Take more time to live life. “If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry at the end when he drove off the lot, testing the windshield wipers. You wouldn’t tell your friends you saw a beautiful movie or go home and put a record on to think about the story you’d seen.…

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Pure. Joy.

My grandma has been visiting from Kansas City for the past month.  Before she goes home on Wednesday, I wanted to get a few photos of her with the kids.  I promised her that our photography session would be free of posed shots and fake smiles.  I just wanted to capture a few candid moments between the kids and their great-grandma. We headed to the park for a little chat,…

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The appalling silence of good people

This quote is an excerpt from a letter that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963.  I probably read it in school at some point, although I don’t remember being so humbled and challenged as I was when I read it again last night. Whether you’ve read it before or not, I encourage you to take it in today with fresh eyes and an…

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Weekend Links

Read this Laugh over this Cook this Make this Find inspiration in this Follow me in this Dream about fall with this Enter to win this Buy something from this   Happy Friday y’all.  

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Just do something.

I’ve been trying to figure out how to get back into an exercise routine.  What should it look like?  What kind of workouts should I start with?  Should I unfreeze my gym membership, and how often should I go?  Should I workout in the morning or afternoon?  Should I train for a race?  How should I start? Gah. Too many questions. Then I realized the answer is a simple one.…

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Live a story worth telling

Above is inspired by below… Do you live a story worth telling?  If not, what is holding you back? Two words hold me back: COMFORT and FEAR. I’m working on it… How about you?

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