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The Leaves Don’t Hesitate
“The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942,...
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The Dawn Always Comes
“Through the blackest night, morning gently tiptoes, feeling its way to dawn.” – Robert Brault Dawn always comes. In different ways it comes, but it follows a tragedy, a miracle, a loss, a win, a...
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Utter Failure
Dedicated to anyone who feels they failed to make a difference. Utter Failure I didn’t make the sun shine, There wasn’t a single ray; No matter what I do, I can’t make a sunny day. I didn’t win the...
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What To Do With Your Extra Gas Money
“We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.” – Gloria Steinem At the end of May 2012, the average gas price in Oregon reached $4.25. Today, it hovers around $3.27. That’s nearly $1 per...
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Looking Inward – The Culmination Of Two Years Of Giving
“We *do* have time to make a difference.” – GiveOurTime.com Two years ago today, the day after Christmas, I sat at our dining room table. The kids were fighting, there was wrapping paper everywhere,...
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We Can Do Better, America
“Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain loving one another.” — Erma Bombeck There’s a sad...
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Subtle Messages
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” – Neil Postman, The Disappearance of Childhood I took it upon myself to change the reader board at my daughter’s school tonight....
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Should I Get Involved?
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man,...
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If It Matters
Last Thursday morning, Valentine’s Day, at about 7am as I dropped her off at school, my nearly 13-year-old, absolutely-adolescent, totally-teenage, Taylor-Swift-adoring, yell-at-her-sister,...
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The Cost And Value Of Giving Time
“Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.” – Buddha There is a direct relationship...
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