I have loved puzzles for longer than I can remember. When I was very young, people told me I would soon have a new playmate. My parents were going to bring a baby sister home from the hospital. On the great day, I put all of my puzzles on display, ready to share. When they brought […]
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Leaders are beginners, and they always will be. Each moment is an opportunity to begin again. We have no real choice. We are not able to go back and change what we have already done. We cannot apply new knowledge and insight to our past actions. Regret does us no good. We are not able
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Summer is the time of year when things grow. Living here in the land of endless summer can confuse people. They begin to think that fruit and vegetables come from a store. It is easy to forget that we plant seeds, tend them, and wait patiently for them to produce growth. We may also forget that we work
I have had a passion for ice cream my entire life. As a proud son of America’s Dairyland, I have eaten ice cream longer than I can remember. I went to school at the home of the best ice cream in the world, in Babcock Hall, at the University of Wisconsin. Ice cream is very
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The deep, clear truths of spiritual life are beyond words. We try to use words to express them, describe them, understand them, control them, but we fail. Words are not able to quantify or communicate the spiritual life within us and all around us. Only silence can come close. Our efforts to talk or to
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There are days when I love to catch a strong breeze and go skimming across the surface of work. Sunny and warm, work is smooth sailing. Ideas arrive exactly when I need them and people take what I say to heart. My sail is set well, the tiller rests easily in my hand. Work is
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I used to believe that leaders were people who told us what to do. When I knew enough of the right answers, then I could be a leader, too. I have learned that leaders are not people who fill us with accurate responses to questions. They do not deposit what they have learned into us to earn
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The story of your spiritual life may begin, “Once upon a time,” or “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” Your spiritual life story may be full of detailed information and specific dates. You may not even remember when it started, or a time before it began. You may not be certain
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There are days when it feels like it is just too much work to catch up. There are new things to learn, and learn how to use, that are going to make my life amazingly better. There are new deadlines to meet, new challenges to face, new obstacles to overcome. There are new apps I am not using,
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Almost anyone who has read a detective story or watched any television program knows the power of fingerprints. Fingerprints are powerful and reliable clues because of two primary qualities. Our fingerprints are unique. Each person has a different set of fingerprints. Even identical twins can be distinguished through their fingerprints. We leave fingerprints inadvertently. We leave
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