HeyJaredThe Longing Forward
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What Can't Facebook Ruin? (opens the original)
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I hope it’s pity-inducing to know I was a pastor’s kid, trained to sit quietly with my mom and younger brother to not draw extra attention. Luckily I was already pretty naturally quiet, so I escaped in stories, usually within the opening illustration, if I was lucky and not the subject that week (thankfully, my dad learned that always humiliated me, regardless of what it was about, and he cared). I’d imagine the setting and scenario, whatever it was, little details catching my mind’s eye like th
Regret, Recovery, & Reinventing After 50 (opens the original)
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“For God’s sake do not yield . . . to a Love of Ease, Retirement, rural Pursuits.” - From a letter by Elizabeth Powel to President Washington, 1792.*Recently, I woke from a dream that I was losing my chance. Oh my God, you’re starting with a dream? Cliché! Boring! Quiet. This matters.Are you sure? Your chance at what? I’m getting to that. Please.It’s been increasing recently, for a few years, actually. This feeling. Despite all my preparation and the new freedom Sheri’s paycheck is buying, I̵
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