Are clams REALLY happy?, by Guest blogger Lorie Sheffer

Squirrel eating from bird feeder
Squirrel eating from bird feeder (photo: Lorie Sheffer)

Have you ever read your label?  Deserved or not, we all have a label. If a survey were taken of twenty people who know us, what would they say if asked to use one word to describe us? We’d likely see a few different ones, and perhaps even some conflicting ones. But most likely, we’d see the same word used several times.

What’s your label? Be it a positive or negative word, do you deserve it?  What can you do to keep it, or to change it? If it truly is not a word that fits, why do people have that impression of you?

Everything we want is on the far side of

overcoming fear in midlife
overcoming fear in midlife
overcoming fear in midlife
overcoming fear in midlife

Everything we want is on the far side of…

…fear… As we reach our 40’s and 50’s we should be transitioning from doubt about life to certainty. We are certainly going to die. Death’s reality can no longer be ignored. Neither should our desire to be true to ourselves. Go! Take small steps to get past your fear. Go already!

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Boomers, work on this until you drop

meat eaters
any idea what goes into these things?
healthy choices
healthy choices are hard when there are tasty unhealthy choices surrounding us

Work on this until you drop. Endure the sharp pains of doubt and insecurity, so that you may reap the reward of self-discovery. And ultimately, with enough battle time, self-mastery.

Failing to roll up our sleeves and get busy will be a life sentence for a dull, nagging regret that develops into a sickness you can’t identify.

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