Summer 2007–Personal Message

They call these waning and hottest days of summer the dog days.   Since I only have a cat, I can’t relate to the phrase, but I can share my amazement that Moscow seems unusually warm.  Average high temperatures this week are forecasted to be 85 degrees F and 30 degrees C.  This time last year, [...]

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Summer 2007–Crazy Goals

I keep two similar lists in a journal—one has a list of off-the-beaten track things that I have done or experienced and the other lists goals of the “sometime in my life, I want to…” variety.  Why do I keep them?  It is to remind me that not all goals have to cause a progression [...]

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Summer 2007–A Personal Path: 5 Steps to Finding Your Life Purpose

From the time we are mere toddlers, people are asking us “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  This seemingly innocuous question begins the indoctrination process by which we end up defining ourselves by what we do for a living instead of who we are as human beings.  By high school, school [...]

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Spring 2007–Personal Message

I can tell that spring wants to be here in Moscow.  It’s just having trouble deciding to do that every day.  One day is beautiful and warm and the next has me staring at wonder through the windshield of our car at snowflakes, as we pass through some weird microclimate thing.  I hope that wherever [...]

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Spring 2007–Creatures of Habit

Habit: acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary
(Source: Merriam-Webster Online)
Many of us make resolutions around the improvements and changes we want to make in our lives.  Some of these things are one-time events or occasional efforts whereas others are things we would like to do consistently as part of a lifestyle.  [...]

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