Category: Suffering
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Emotional Honesty
If you’ve known me for any length of time, you’ve probably heard me talk rather excitedly about emotional intelligence. It’s one of my favorite subjects to talk about, and practically something I preach on because I value it so much. To define emotional intelligence, I would say it is the ability to identify and manage […]
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The Known and the Unknown
As I sat amidst my biological family for Thanksgiving, the usual routines all took place; people gathered on the couches in the living room around the tv to watch the football game, various comments ensued about who is doing well and why, what’s wrong with the refs, etc. The casual questions like “how’s work?” were […]
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How Long?
Underneath the daily routines of activity, underneath the stresses of work assignments and deadlines, underneath another year of birthdays celebrated, underneath the clamor of emails, phone calls and texts messages vying for my attention each day, underneath the routines of exercise and brushing my teeth, underneath the laughter among friends and the joy of good […]