Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know. ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings My professional career was saturated with insurance, mostly in underwriting positions. That role fostered a need (compulsion?) for me to […]
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If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t. Emerson M. Pugh For as long as I can remember, I have drawn correlations. Some relate to how much an acquaintance–or family member–looks like an actor I watched the night before. Robert Duvall always reminds
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Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.― Marshall McLuhan Did you know that our brains are like railroad tracks? According to relatively recent research, the neural paths are not set in stone. We don’t have to subject ourselves to the same expectations we’ve hauled around for years. I expect my experiences have been like many
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But beware of this about callings: they may not lead us where we intended to go or even where we want to go. If we choose to follow, we may have to be willing to let go of the life we already planned and accept whatever is waiting for us. And if the calling is
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