barbjean76




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  1. 1. be OK with me
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  2. 2. publish
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  3. 3. afford all that I dream of
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  4. 4. visit my family this summer
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  5. 5. make an assemblage sculpture with recycled objects
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  6. 6. make a short film
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  7. 7. work in Pattaya with the Nelsons sometime
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  8. 8. get an MFA in Creative Writing at Antioch
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  9. 9. go to the Glen Worshop in July
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  10. 10. be relevant
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  11. 11. be not afraid
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  12. 12. learn better grammar
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  13. 13. use less, waste less
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  14. 14. pay off my debts
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  15. 15. be able to rest well
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  16. 16. do and not just dream
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  17. 17. write those stories
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  18. 18. lose 15 pounds and keep it off
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  19. 19. adopt or be a foster parent
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  20. 20. go to Europe (especially Ireland and Germany)
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  21. 21. meet an actor who I recognize and talk to them about their work
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  22. 22. be a better friend
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  23. 23. walk more and drive less
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  24. 24. make a meringue
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  25. 25. have a healthy relationship with food and drink
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  26. 26. write that book
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  27. 27. Live Without Fear
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  28. 28. be free, really free
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  29. 29. get out of bed earlier in the morning
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  30. 30. see Machu Picchu
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  31. 31. paint
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  32. 32. draw a portrait well
    1 person
  33. 33. be more mindful
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  34. 34. make a positive impact on people
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  35. 35. lose 15 pounds
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  36. 36. go to Vietnam
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  37. 37. mentor youth
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  38. 38. preach the Gospel at all times and when possible use words
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  39. 39. have extended times to write
    1 person
  40. 40. make my Christmas gifts this year
    2 people
  41. 41. speak up
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  42. 42. Learn to love people well
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Learn to love people well
Learning to love people well... 2 years ago

...is not as easy as one thinks. For if loving others were easy more of us would do it well, at least that is what my logic would tell me. It seems nebulous this idea of loving others well.

How does one do it?

In Random Acts of Kindness or Planned, Thoughtful Acts of Kindness or Spontaneous Acts of Kindess or none of the above because you can’t put a title, a moniker, a label on love.

The Bible is one place to start, especially in the words of Jesus. His call to love others is famous, replicated by others, but not carried out so well all the time by the mass majority of those who read them and believe them.

One can only love well if they live it, in a posture of humility that says they are always learning, and that they’ve never got it right fully and never will until they die.

So, I’d rather have died trying every day than not.

Something else- I’d like to try learning to love a whole bunch of different people especially those that love doesn’t come easy to my heart or tongue or mind.




 

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