Author: Laura-Kay
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A Journey of a Million Miles…
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That’s how you take the journey of a thousand miles. You put one foot in front of the other. And you keep doing that until you get there. My husband was recently watching Meg 2. I’ve never seen Meg 1, but I sat down while he was watching Meg 2…
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Control, Anxiety, and Learned Helplessness
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For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been going back and forth between listening to a motivational speaker and reading a book about how our human desire to control everything leads to a great deal of anxiety. Think positive. If we want to do anything in life, we must believe…
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Are You Insecure Over Stuff That’s All In Your Head?
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My husband and I had been married for just a couple of years when we decided to attend a one-day marriage seminar. I was hoping that I would see a certain friend and her husband there. But when they didn’t show up, I thought, “Well, why would they attend a…
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One Great Time to Be Negative
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Is there ever a good time to be negative? Oh, yes. Remember Egypt? The ancient Israelites had been slaves in Egypt. They were mistreated. They were beaten. They were forced to make bricks without straw. They begged God to deliver them. And God did. Through a series of miraculous events,…
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What “Negativity Free” is Not
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Negativity free? Sounds good… until you really have a problem. Are we supposed to say it’s good when somebody dies? Are we supposed to say thank you when somebody insults us? How about when we read about a murder? Brutal beating? Children living on the streets? Racism? Sex trafficking? Hatred…
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Advantages to a Busier Schedule
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After 20 years of trusting my husband to provide for our family financially (but I did help!), our situation suddenly changed. For various reasons, we decided it was time to close our business. We had started our business 17 years earlier and worked hard to build it up. But suddenly,…
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Motivating Others
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Ever get frustrated with a family member’s behavior and want them to change? So you decide to take the direct approach. You tell them what’s bothering you. You let them know what they’ve done wrong and how you would like them to change. And when that doesn’t work the first…
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You Choose Your Focus – Make It Something Good!
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“Negative free” doesn’t mean that you have to be happy about everything. It doesn’t mean that nothing is ever bad, or that you have to pretend that something is a good thing when it’s clearly not. It means you choose not to focus on what is bad but on what…
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