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A Portrait of Your Spirit
What would you rather leave your grandchildren, a portrait of your face of a portrait of your spirit? I think a portrait of your spirit...
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Your Time is Limited
You never know when the Big Man is going to snatch you up. It almost happened last Tuesday when I was hit by a car on my bike. Thrown on...
Mar 311 min read
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Family Inheritance
A great new book just came out - "The Next Conversation" by Jefferson Fisher. In it, he writes "That night, and for the next years of...
Mar 242 min read
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Give Diamonds
Give diamonds to your grandchildren. Each precious diamond has a unique shape formed by different facets that capture the light and...
Mar 171 min read
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This Tool is For You
I took my car to a carwash. On the side of the building is a magnificent mural. It depicts an old native American passing a grinding bowl...
Mar 31 min read
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Bucket Fillers
I was further inspired yesterday to write my letter to my grandchildren because I was with two of them. The older of them is a three year...
Feb 101 min read
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Grateful for Grands
There is so much potential in grandchildren! An ocean of potential that flows over the horizon in beautiful colors. I have an eleven...
Jan 271 min read
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Cast a Giant Shadow
Williams James, the great American philosopher and teacher said, “The greatest use of life is to spend it on something that will outlast...
Jan 201 min read
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Sharing History and the Value of Freedom
I met a very inspiring woman. Her name is Hildy Valenzuela Wendtland. As a teenage girl she lived in Communist Cuba. On April 1, 1980, a...
Jan 132 min read
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A Grandfather's Story
I recently went to the movies and saw "Mufasa" with four of my grandchildren. I was struck that the movie was the telling of the...
Jan 71 min read
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Better Gifts
For me, Christmas is a combination of joy and anxiety. Joy for being with family and anxiety about buying gifts. I hate the buying of...
Dec 23, 20241 min read
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Five Ways to Start Your Letter
One Buy a $2 composition notebook from an office supply store. It's only $2! That's less than a cheeseburger. Two Use the 20 minute...
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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Veteran's Day
"War is something that never should happen, but does." Veterans have something very, very special to share with their grandchildren. It...
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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Holidays
Oh, the joys of the holidays! The traditions. These are moments in a person’s life closer to their heart than Monday’s or Tuesday’s of...
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Innovative Truth Teller
Now that is a great description for a story teller. It is also reveals an important truth about truth. Really good and entertaining...
Oct 21, 20241 min read
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Do You Want to See My New Car?
A famous grief counselor with many years of experience relayed an experience of one of his dying patients. The man had just months to...
Oct 16, 20241 min read
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Write a 'Sticky' Letter
You want your letter to be sticky. To have your stories and your ideas stick with your grandchildren. If they read it and forget...
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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How Many People Made You?
This is a tricky math question and a trickier biology question. The obvious answer is two. Good job. Here's your B+ in math. However,...
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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Another One
Another good friend passed away yesterday. I had known him for 35 years. He was one of the good ones. We worked at the same company for...
Sep 23, 20241 min read
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Words or Money?
“Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.” Socrates What would you rather receive from you...
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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