Tag: life lessons
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Signals of Virtue
To have an opinion or not. That is the question. With so much being said on social media, I almost feel it necessary to blurt out my opinion on whatever topic at hand, be it #whywewearblack, or Donald Trump’s mental health, or global warming, or whatever. And I am tempted. Because I have an opinion…
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2017 Comes to an End
It is the last day in 2017 and the first day my family and I are back in Illinois. For Christmas we had traveled to see our families back in Philadelphia, where we are from. We drove, which after yesterday’s travels of snow through the mountains of Pennsylvania and then white-out conditions through Ohio, was…
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It Can Wait. Or Can It?
Life is all about choices. Choices create the path we lead. Many times, we don’t understand that these decisions that we make have consequences beyond just the idea of having a cookie or not. Seems overly simple, but it is these tiny choices that add up to bigger life issues. Part of what my wife…
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In a Moment
Our daily lives are filled with the times where we don’t think of it. At a moment’s notice, everything can change. It’s a startling fact I have been taught on so many occasions it becomes boggling to the mind that I don’t take the lesson more seriously. Everything can go from fine to horrible in…
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Learning to Like
Having just finished watching all the Star Wars movies with my son to catch him up to The Last Jedi, I’ve been thinking a lot about these movies, their flaws, and the general sense of feeling I get from them. Watching my son live through the sadness and excitement has given me a new perspective…
Jeremy C Kester 