Category: hope
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Embracing Imperfect Allyship
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This week’s episode is about how we can embrace anti-racism. I will share some of the recommendations that I have and thoughts that I have on anti-racism and what we can do better. And then I will also share some action steps that you can take if you’re wanting to…
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Growth and the Importance of Pruning
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This post is being pulled out of the archives from 2009, it was one of my favorite posts from that time period about growth and the importance of pruning. Enjoy! I was cleaning up around the apartment and found that one of my plants, a small fern, was worse for wear.…
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Puccini’s Last Opera and ‘Rent’: A Testament to Hope and Friendship
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At my most recent visit with Father Rusty, we were speaking about the inter-connectedness of all of humanity. About how all things come full circle, how many times the unexpected makes people see things with new eyes. And, how we all have friends in this life who are so integral…
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December 14: It’s a Miracle, a quote from “Boston Johnny”
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Day 14: Each of us has the potential to do great things ”Boston” Johnny Rhode is a 66 year old contestant on Season 12 of The Biggest Loser. In one episode, near the end of the season, all of the contestants come back to run a marathon. Johnny completed a FULL…
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Challenge: 30 Days to a Better You
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This idea is certainly not original to me, but I’m gonna kick it off here with you, my blogging friends. There’s reason to believe that humans can make something a habit if they can do it everyday for three weeks. I take a little longer to catch on sometimes, so…
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Leaving on a Jet Plane
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One of my favorite stories from my friend Kathy (my Yale roomie) was from when she was a little girl. As a child of divorced parents, she had family in both California and Texas. She spent her summers in California and the rest of the year in Texas. Airplanes took…
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A Father’s Love: Team Hoyt
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Over the New Years retreat, Father Rusty asked if we could play this video. We played it after a set of small group sessions, and since each team seemed to stagger in separately, I got to see it six times. Each time, full tears streamed down my face. Each time,…
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A New Era of Hope
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There seems to be a new age of social entrepreneurs and social change on the horizon. This involves citizens and big companies encouraging and enabling change at the individual level. What’s amazing is that these causes have found ways to involve individuals in ways that are new – from an…
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“Hope” or “Hate”
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The other day I was sitting at a stop light and noticed two cars, each with a bumper sticker: Car One: If you surrender to HATE you’ve already LOST Care Two: Got Hope? I was really struck by the two vastly different mindsets these stickers call upon. And what an…