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This is The Hard Thing That Changed Everything
I began an elaborate regimen of drugs designed to treat heart failure. After the diagnosis, I started thinking about something I have never had: a Bucket List. What did I want to do with the…
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How to Be a Better Neighbor: Five Summertime Tips
To you, Googling “how to be a better person.” You, longing to be the sort of neighbor who effortlessly welcomes others into your home, leans into conversations with sincerity and delight, and spills over with…
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How to Steady Your Heart When the Future Feels Heavy
We had been helping our daughter fight a battle with a mental illness for close to eight years and constant worry of keeping her alive was exhausting. And now, we stood on the precipice of…
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How to Apply Half-Marathon Preparation to the Rest of Life
Fear tells me to cram-train, to sprint up more hills, to prove (pre-race) to myself that I can make it that many miles. But muscle memory brings quiet assurance that I’ve gone the distance. My…
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How to Reclaim Optimism When You’ve Become a Pessimist
How had I become the pessimist? No one had ever called me that before. It had always been the opposite.
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How to Make Whatever You Are Doing Be Unto the Lord
Sometimes you are doing too much, and you know it from the tumble of thoughts burying the task that truly needs your attention. You find yourself making slow progress in several areas simultaneously. At every…
