The Final Summit and Trey Pennington

I recently read the book “The Final Summit” by Andy Andrews. I have read most of his books, and this one was one of his best. After hearing about the death of Trey Pennington, I was saddened, as most people were. I couldn’t help but think about all of the iconic historical figures that had [...]

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Invasion of The Hope Snatchers

We all know people who some would call “pollyanna” and others that would be [kindly] labeled ‘negative nellies’. There are, of course a whole host of others in between (drama queens, Debbie downer, etc). I fall on the higher end of the ‘positive’ spectrum, most of the time, but I didn’t used to. Contrary to [...]

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What The World Needs Now is…Hope

Zig Ziglar said “Failure is merely an event…it adds to your experience…it is an attitude”. It seems like everywhere I turn these days I am coming across people who are having extremely hard times. We too are feeling VERY challenged right now. Notice I said we are “feeling challenged”? You see, I refuse to state [...]

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I am Thankful for Gratitude

This time of year we all reflect on what we are thankful for. Even though many are facing challenging times, the luckiest of us have the capacity to be thankful. Few however, know how incredibly powerful gratitude can be. Gratitude is nature’s greatest equalizer. No matter who you are, how much you have, where you [...]

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I am Thankful for Gratitude!

This time of year we all reflect on what we are thankful for. Even though many are facing challenging times, the luckiest of us have the capacity to be thankful. Few however, know how incredibly powerful gratitude can be. Gratitude is nature’s greatest equalizer. No matter who you are, how much you have, where you [...]

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