Tag: encouragement
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Imagine What’s Ahead for You. It Might Be Beyond Belief.
I’m listening to the audio book “A Personal Odyssey” about the life of economist Thomas Sowell. It’s fabulous, by the way, and I highly recommend it. (On Amazon) I’ve long been an admirer of Mr. Sowell, and it is absolutely fascinating to hear his story of growing up in the south, moving to New York, […]
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If It’s a Fad, It’s Not a Lifestyle
A few years back I was getting a check-up at the doctor’s office. Weight-wise, I was not where I wanted to be at that particular moment, and she spoke the truth to me: “You have to do the hard work.” In other words, you aren’t going to lose weight without making the right choices, without […]
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Choose a Mindset: Growth or Stagnation
Half full. Half empty. Pessimistic. Optimistic. Toxic. Encouraging. Complaining. Uplifting. Wallow in pity. Wash, forget, and start anew. Where do you fall of the scale of daily ups and downs in this life? Whether a situation is best described as half full or half empty actually doesn’t change the situation in the slightest way. It […]
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Like Cats, We All Leave Stuff Behind
Like cats, we all leave stuff behind. On Christmas afternoon, our neighbors popped over with a delicious chocolate cake to share with us. They were fronted by their two delightfully adorable kids, who still had the magical glassy eyes of Christmas spreading joy to everyone they met. As we chatted at the doorway before they […]
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Indie Authors: Do you have True Grit?
Research has shown that those who succeed have the quality of what we would call grit – ability the shake off the negative and keep going – perseverance in the face of failure. Do you, indie author, have it? When you receive a bad review … do you have true grit? When you haven’t made […]
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Shade: Are you offering it?
A couple weeks back, we were walking to a Chinese New Year feast at the house of some friends, and my wife and I found ourselves skipping from shade patch to shade patch to escape the blazing sun. It was one of those stifling days where your sweat can have sweat of its own even […]
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Going out of your way to make someone’s day.
I have been the fortunate recipient of a very kind and encouraging word that came completely unexpected from a complete stranger. A recent reader of Beauty Rising wrote me this: “Mark, My wife received your book Beauty Rising here in Canada yesterday. I needed something to do last night so I started reading it. I […]
Author Mark W Sasse 