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Real living is living for others.

Bruce Lee

Happy Earth Day!

Here are a few things my family and I do for our planet. They are the easy ones, but every little bit counts.

Reduce…

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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Marcus Aurelius

Metaphorical Monday

Two boys live in the same house, one eleven, one eight. Two boys educated at home, one in second grade, one in sixth grade. Two…

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Lord, forgive what I have been, sanctify what I am, and order what I shall be.

Thomas Wilson

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Maya Angelou

Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.

Henry David Thoreau

Metaphorical Motivation Monday

If you’re going sword shopping, don’t walk out with a pocket knife. Don’t sell yourself short! Get the biggest, longest, and the most badass sword…

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A Mathias Christmas

Usually I don’t talk publicly about how many gifts we buy each other or how much we spend. Because I know that many people cannot…

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As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.

Emmanuel Teney

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