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What Defines a Successful Life Comes From the Heart
Love & Relationships

What Defines a Successful Life Comes From the Heart

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 CJ

If you asked the average person today what defines a successful life, they’d provide you with one or all of the bullet points below. A high-paying salary from a respected career. Material possessions (an impressive house, expensive car, fancy gadgets, etc.). The satisfaction of knowing that you have more than

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Say the Right Thing to Inspire the Next Generation
Information & Education

Say the Right Thing to Inspire the Next Generation

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 CJ

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Benjamin Franklin In society today, it’s not difficult to uncover politicians from across America – influential individuals who the old and the

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Olive Kitteridge Teaches Us How So Much of Life Is Squandered
Generosity & Kindness

Olive Kitteridge Teaches Us How So Much of Life Is Squandered

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022 CJ

I’m rarely a reader of fiction. While I’ve certainly enjoyed it in the past, I now find myself drawn to non-fiction works focusing on a variety of societal issues with the belief that if I educate myself more, I’ll somehow find hope in the hopelessness of life. Angered by my

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Being a Winner is Not How Children Should Define Success
Generosity & Kindness

Being a Winner is Not How Children Should Define Success

July 26, 2022July 31, 2022 CJ

Today’s generation of children believes that being a winner – being #1 – is one of the most important personal characteristics they can strive towards.  Humility, unfortunately, is not a word they use or apply in their interactions with others. Instead, they’ve based their self-worth and perceived successes on overconfidence,

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The Civil War Has Eerie Comparisons to Today
Information & Education

The Civil War Has Eerie Comparisons to Today

July 12, 2022August 1, 2022 CJ

If there’s one thing you can rely on regarding history, it’s how it will inevitably repeat itself. Take the Civil War, for instance – a time in our nation’s history that many of us learned about in grade school and probably have forgotten. My wife and I just watched a

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