Awareness
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The BER Months Are Here. RememBER What Matters.
Welcome to September. Or, as some might say, the beginning of the BER months: SeptemBER. OctoBER. NovemBER. DecemBER. Four months. One-third of the year. And apparently the season when pumpkin spice becomes less of a flavor and more of a governing ideology. But before we surrender ourselves to sweaters, falling leaves, holiday decorations, year-end deadlines,… Continue reading
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The Miracle You Stopped Seeing
What if the greatest miracle in your life is one you’ve stopped seeing? Not because it disappeared; it just became familiar. The extraordinary becomes ordinary; the miracle becomes invisible. What once filled us with awe slowly fades into the background of everyday life — not because it has become less meaningful, but because we’ve simply… Continue reading
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Life Reveals What’s Already There
The wolves are always there. A curveball simply reveals which one takes the lead. Just a few hours after purchasing a framed copy of The Tale of Two Wolves in Sun Valley, Idaho, I found myself lying in an Emergency Room bed. That wasn’t part of the plan. Earlier that afternoon, I had returned to… Continue reading
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Beyond Judgment: A Better Way to See People
It’s easy to believe we’re doing our best. It’s much harder to believe that about everyone else. I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting lately on growth, on change, on the person I was a year ago… five years ago… twenty years ago. And the truth is simple: At every point along the way, I… Continue reading
Mark Alan Fish 