lessons learned | lessons learned
Apr.16.2013
Three years gone by without words.
Out of the blue it all comes back like it never left.
A mind full is not mindful.
Only in stillness one would know.
Ask and you shall receive.
Speculate and you get nothing.
Forgiveness is letting go no matter how hard.
Acceptance is taking it...
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Dec.07.2012
Today we had an exchange at work that made me laugh and cry. It was tragedy, comedy, drama and irony.
And it was available to me for free!
In fact, I participated.
Back in May, new business limitations for another country were passed on to us. The deadline associated with...
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Aug.16.2012
I spent the day at a workshop learning about the changes in funding for Exceptional Student Education.
I actually enjoy getting together with other ESE teachers and "talking shop." The presenters were patient with us as we asked numerous questions and often continued our...
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Mar.07.2012
What I learned today:
Truth:
The quality of being true, genuine, faithful.
Truth:
fidelity to a required standard.
Truth:
honesty, reliability, veracity.
Speak the gospel truth;
the naked truth;
the unvarnished truth,
And at the moment of truth:
Speak the truth- your truth- always.
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Oct.03.2011
Yesterday I stole a few hours to myself and drove up the Ruby Mountains to a trail head near my house. For some reason, it is a place that inspires me to write.
My favorite place to write on the slopes of the Ruby Mountains.
I set a chair in the shade next to a willow and for the first...
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Aug.30.2011
The beginning of the semester seems like a good time to recall lessons previously learned. Taking stock can energize a person for the new task at hand. You've got a nice big Herculean one of those in front of you, don't you. I thought as much.
Here are five of my lessons learned. Maybe they'll be...
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May.18.2011
Here is part three of my blog series on a book launch and signing for my just released memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On: 1) Preparation, 2) The Actual Event, and 3) Lessons Learned.
Part Three - Lessons Learned.
Book the venue early. I contacted the Pages (http://www.pagesabookstore.com/) ...
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Mar.06.2011
In 2006, I returned home after spending a month in England. While there, I had been driving, English-style, meaning on the lefthand side of the road. Well, mostly on the left. The point is that when I returned to the U.S,. tired from twenty-four hours without sleep, my reactions weren't great....
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Feb.18.2011
Engaging author, instructor and happiness expert Jamie Cat Callan was inspired by her French grandmother to return to France and discover the secret to joie de vivre - at any age. She shares those secrets in her latest book, Bonjour, Happiness!, which serves up the latest adventures of one woman on...
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Oct.20.2010
Last week, in a New York Times interview, President Obama reminded the reporter of the truly messy nature of his primary campaign and how his administration faces a similar messiness today. But every time Barack Obama has seemed certain to lose and is battered into a corner - whether by his most...
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