Patience is both very difficult AND very easy for me. What do I mean? Well, I find BEING patient as much of a struggle as anyone else would, I guess. But ACTING patient? Piece of cake. (And just to be clear: I’m NOT bragging.) The skills learned in childhood are often used well into adulthood. [...]

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Have you ever had this experience? When you go to church and the pastor’s sermon makes you wonder if he’s been reading your diary? And then you meet a friend for lunch and she tells you about a struggle she’s been having and it sounds totally familiar? Soon after, your spouse or kid makes a [...]

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Wow wow wow. You really DO like me! Yesterday’s post yielded the most comments I’ve ever gotten, and you all are so encouraging! … More importantly, it sounds like I stumbled upon something we all deal with to varying degrees: Being “real”. It’s such a tough thing to wrap your brain around, isn’t it? Am [...]

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