How do you stay grounded? I just conducted a Google search on "staying grounded" that returned over 4.7 million results. I suspect the phrase means wildly different things to different people, depending on the context. For me, being grounded refers to first knowing who I am at my core - knowing what is most important …
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Leap Year Lesson #233: Some Days Don’t Have Learning Moments
When I began this year of blogging about daily lessons learned, I wrote that my daily framework centered around three words - ground, stretch and reflect. After making sure each day is grounded in strengthening that which is at my core, and after stretching to do more than others expect of me throughout the day, …
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Leap Year Lesson #151: Repetition Can Be a Good Thing
We usually don't associate repetition with things that are exciting and that we look forward to. In fact, we more readily associate repetition with boring tasks. Yet, there are several circumstances that come to mind where repetition can be enjoyable and beneficial. For example, this morning my granddaughter wanted to sit in my lap and …
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Leap Year Lesson #87: There is Beauty in a Child’s “Do It Again”
On the back wall of the Visitor’s Center at The Abbey of Gethsemani is a plaque with some wonderfully thought-provoking words written by G. K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy. During this beautiful springtime week in this quiet place of reflection, I was brought to tears by the thought expressed. Chesterton wrote: Because children have abounding vitality, …
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