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Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
–Carl Brad
I like Brad’s perspective for several reasons. First, looking backward rarely helps us. When we concentrate on our past, we miss current opportunities, sometimes with disastrous results. The TV show America’s Funniest [...]

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Have you ever heard the European fable “Stone Soup”? The tale begins as a stranger enters a village during difficult times. When the locals realize that he is thinking of staying for a while, they do their best to encourage him to leave, fearing that he will take what’s left of their food reserves.
In response, [...]

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Several years ago, I had occasion to visit emergency rooms throughout a large geographical area as part of my job responsibilities. It wasn’t long before I became fairly familiar with their operation and culture. Interestingly, these medical units often took on the personality of their leader.
For instance, on one afternoon in a southern Illinois emergency [...]

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It’s the rain, sleet and snow season here in Chicago. As I drive, I notice a lot of dirty mud and slush being thrown on my windshield, but, I know what to do about it. I simply hit the window washer button, which sprays cleaning fluid on the filth and activates the wipers’ blades, sweeping [...]

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I have just finished one of my annual fall chores, the planting of Winter Survivor Pansies. The eighteen yellow and eighteen purple flowering plants have added great color to the front of my house. As their name suggests, these bright flowers last past fall and into the early days of winter. Then, they simply go [...]

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