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Back to me
I was listening to someone the other day complain about people telling her about their experiences when all she wanted to do was talk about her own. She actually said that! It reminded me of a friend my husband and I kiddingly referred to as “Back to Me.” This man loved to talk about himself.
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Your deposits
Every day you have opportunities to make deposits in others’ lives. A simple compliment can affect someone significantly. Often, we think good thoughts about someone for something they said or did, but we don’t tell them. I encourage you to use this month of November to share with them what you’re thinking. A young leader
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Take a break from your phone
A group of high schoolers and a couple of adult chaperones spent a Saturday morning cleaning up the overgrown backyard of a Neighbors Network Member. (I’m on the Board and the Volunteers Chair.) If you like vines and leaves of every shade, shape and size, you’d love her big backyard. It’s chock full! They enjoyed lopping, pulling,
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What are you carrying?
We all would do well to ask ourselves this question. Not the first question. The second one. “A Buddhist monk asked his students a question. He said, if you’re carrying a cup of coffee and someone bumps into you, why did you spill the coffee? Each and every one of his students said, because someone